[ Ishtar obviously didn't know what was running through his mind but she was the usual as she greeted him with her big smile and well partially throwing her arms around him to give him a hug since she was happy to see him as usual. With a lot of things going on lately, she wanted to hang onto the ones she cared about to the best of her abilities. ]

Not really. I just wanted to see you since I saw you walking this way. You kind of look a little prickly for the lack of better words?

[ She stared at him briefly at the way the words came from his mouth. ]