Finally, it's a normal response! She has a chance not to say something embarrassing or get confused. It's still disorienting, even if she'd been held an extra few days to have the "future in a nutshell" explained to her. This man seems like he might be in a hurry to her, but she'll take when she can get.

"Oh, it's nothing urgent," she prefaces, just in case he is indeed busy. "I'm new here, and I'm trying to introduce myself and see what's here."