Urk! Immediately she flushed, shaking her head before immediately turning back to her bowl, "Sorry! No, you're fine, really."

Okay that was embarrassing. She was a chuunin for goodness' sake, she needed to be more mature than that when dealing with potential comrades... Hell the woman was a comrade, just one she hadn't been on mission with yet. But now it seemed too awkward to stay silent, so after taking a mouthful and lifting her cup of tea she asked, "So, uhm, did you just get in from a mission, miss?"