[ a competition? Fans? There's a disconnect in this conversation... she pauses to replay the conversation in her head.

Oh! He means prior to his arrival in this place! ]

Oh, my bad. I mean, I thought the rescue squad was present here.

[ She's seen empty smiles like that before. There's no reason to call it out— in her experience, that usually makes people double down. It's better to move past the subject and go back to what seemed to genuinely make him happy: browsing the shop items. ]

I'll pass on the hat too; it's not really my style. Did you want to check out another section?