[ It's a bit of a mouthful to introduce yourself as Sviatoslav Konstantinovich Mel'nikov to strangers who, at least up until this point, have all appeared very much non-Russian to him. So "Miller" it is. He's not sure of the origin of her name either though. ]

Good to meet you, Ange.

[ He gets a similarly reasonable feeling from her, so he is glad to have made the connection. Also she's not wrong... carefree socialization is not exactly his forte. ]

Same here. It is of the utmost importance to me to gather as much useful information as possible and I can only see it benefitting us to collaborate.

[ Not even just the two of them specifically, but all of the Chosen willing to go there. ]