"H-hello..." What little courage he'd mustered up to get this far was rapidly dwindling. He swallowed and gestured randomly with his hands for a moment. Then, he took another deep breath.

"I was... wondering if we could talk," MakubeX said. He waved his hands again. "Th-that is if you aren't busy. I can come back later, if you are. I mean, I wouldn't want to interrupt anything, although I would really like to talk sooner rather than later, but if this is a bad time, I'll, you know, come back again some other time and..."

...oh, this was already going so very, very well.