For a moment, Ciri is worried the fellow will collapse in on himself, as it is he seems to shrink in front of her and she feels immediately bad for having startled him.

"No, not at all! I wasn't looking either!" she tries to reassure him, hopping back a step so as to give him some space once she's sure they've both not lost their footing in the snow. "I suppose we're both at fault, if anyone is."

Ciri flashes him a relatively carefree smile and a light shrug. "I was just exploring the village, I'm relatively new here. I don't believe we've met, have we?" In the past few weeks she's met a lot of new people in this place, but his face strikes her as unfamiliar, and distinct enough to be memorable if they had been introduced.