Devika stared at him. "W-what? Anxiety attack? I wasn't having an anxiety attack!" She was lying through her teeth, but the fact that this guy somehow could see through her usual excuse was actually rather frightening. 

"And... even if I was, the bus would be worse, wouldn't it? Trapped on a full bus with a bunch of strangers?" She shook her head. "That sounds like prison." So maybe she was really bad at lying. Still, this man was kind where everyone else had been... dismissing. It was weirding her out.

"So... er... my name... my name is Devika."