[ There's no doubt that his surprise at the other man's response shows clearly on his face. From his reaction to the occurrence, he assumed that he might have been ashamed. He was wrong, and in the end he's glad for it, even if it's meant he finds himself on the other end of things all of a sudden, being reassured where he sought to be reassuring the other man himself.

He laughs, and shakes his head. ]

There's no reason to apologize. I'm an architect, myself, and most of the time it's impossible to get me to shut up about the design of a building or of some other... I guess it's fair to say that we find comfort in what we know. Right?

[ Besides, while he won't say it, there's probably a little bit of him that needed to hear those words for himself. Strangers are one thing, but if one of his friends from home were to see such words play out in front of them from Kaveh's mind, he doesn't know what he'd do for the embarrassment. ]

Anyway, I'm Kaveh. [ He offers a hand. ] It's a pleasure to meet you, even if the circumstances are kind of strange.