Geoff gave Tulip a solemn smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm... still alive, at least..."
His ears lowered somewhat seeing the new resident. Once again someone had to meet him for the first time after something so humiliating, to say the very least of the whole situation. Just move on.
"Oh h-hello. I'm Geoffrey. Uh, don't mind the look of me right now, I ran into some... trouble... the past few days..."