Well, now that she'd asked, it wasn't like Karolina could lie to her.

... Not that she'd been intending to, anyway, after her little brain blip. The whining wasn't embarrassing enough for a charade of not being the person who'd also been at that party.

So: "Oh, um, we met at the mansion's Halloween party?" she said, a little self-conscious with the way she brushed her hair back behind her ear. "I'm Karolina? I was dressed as meta for Morticia Addams." Wait, Beau didn't look like she was from anywhere where that was a thing. "That's -- she's a character who dresses in all black and really sexy."

Meanwhile, Karolina was dressed in what were best described as cheery pastels. And not very sexy, although the sweater she was wearing was form-fitting, at least.

"Hi."

She'd already said that. But this time, it was with an awkward little wave!