"I know. You're not from here, this isn't your thing, and I keep knocking you off guard...this time, literally."

She waved her free hand dismissively and attempted (badly) to play it all off. Just smooth it over, come up with a reason to need to disappear for a few hours to shake it all of, act like it never happened...and hope the puffy eyes from cryface would be at a minimum.

"I'll work on keeping things to a minimum. Especially now that you've actually fallen down. Are you sure you're okay? You're wincing."