Oh crap that was a bad toss- fortunately it at least didn't hit the woman's face, because Max would be in serious trouble if it had. She might be in serious trouble either way, actually. Way to make a first impression, Max. This all counts as self-defense right?

"Sorry!" she blurts out, at once both embarrassed to have actually done that, and also relieved that the person seems to have come to her senses. She lowers the light slightly so as not to blind her. "You were sort of... sleepwalking, I think." That at least is a (slightly) better opening line then, you're not a zombie right?