[Maki does not, as a rule, get starstruck. When you spent your life working to be an actress, looking like a simp knocks you down a few pegs in the eyes of the higher-ups (unless they want to push the "ascended fan, you can do it too" persona, and that's really more of an idol angle). So if it were any other celebrity, she might've just stopped with a shrug and a wave. Or so she tells herself to convince herself it wouldn't be a bitter look and an excuse to be elsewhere.

But it's Ai. No matter how she might keep her composure, there will always be that part of her that freezes and stares in awe when she spots the idol -- The Idol, like it ought to be capitalized, as if she were the only idol who ever mattered. She's never seen Dreamer Ai-Doll in the flesh, never having awoken in the Dream Sphere, and immediately she understands what captivates everyone who does.

Maki shakes her head and shoves her brain back into the space to act as casually as she usually does.]

Hey. I'm guessing either the Dream Sphere's acting up or someone calling themself Dreamer Orihime will show up to take credit and post links to all their socials for this.