Mei smiled back but the hand he held out was a bit odd to her, she panicked, trying to remember what she had been taught about the physical realm. After a moment she hesitantly shook his hand, she briefly searched his face for approval but gave up and decided to introduce herself, "Honored to meet you, I am called Shia-Mei but it is simpler to call be Mei, or so I've been told. Your guess is correct, my original place was with what I believe are called the Chinese but the Japanese adopted a version of my father and I. I apologize for the lack of experience I have in earth customs, I have not spent much time in this realm." Mei examined the butterfly on his finger, "It has no spirit, why is that?"