"No! I... you..." he tried to explain that he'd never seen a woman that ever looked like her that wouldn't have been a monster or a GF, but all of the ways to say that would definitely make her reaction worse. Fortunately, she continued on.

Before he could properly react to her doubt of his abilities before arriving here, she accused him of tracking that mud through the house. He definitely wouldn't have done that! He always made sure to keep any dirt that got on him during training or anything else he might have been doing from being tracked around. Still, he checked again the bottoms of his shoes. Nope, still good from when he wiped them off before. "I didn't do that! Just... give me a chance, alright?!" This was going all wrong already.