The hug caught her off guard, wasn't expecting that. The she took the helm off and she felt kinda dumb that it turned out to be Dani. Alexis didn't really have any reason to think it would be Dani mind you but part of her felt like she should have known when there was the announcement about Dani's chair breaking.

"So, this is it then? That big surprise you and Nils mentioned earlier?" she said after a moment or so. "Certainly is a surprise that's for damn sure."