[If Emil has any comment about the blisters, he keeps it to himself. He won't deny that he's a little curious, but it's not the kind of question one asks. Not on a first meeting.

Instead, he takes the offered hand with barely a flicker of concern. He's aware that the blister are still there, but if it's something that's dreadfully contagious the offer of a handshake problem wouldn't have been made at all.

(Or so he assumes.)]

Likewise.

[There's a brief pause once the formalities are dealt with, as he looks over the room in question.]

I have to say, this isn't quite what I might have suspected, by the description. It's certainly not a bad choice, but not quite what I'd expected all the same.