Bart jumps a touch at the heavy hand against the back of his coat, and twists to see Vika. She sounds much better after the procedure to repair her voice box and the surrounding mechanism!

"Miss Vika! Oh, goodness, my apologies," he adds to the person he'd been talking at, before returning his attention to her. "I hope you're enjoying your holiday, and your repairs! How is work in the mines treating you?"