Rich immediately flubs the chord he's playing and gapes at her.

"...Oh. Cool."

So basically, the universe is conspiring against him at every turn in order to make Alice think he is a complete and utter moron. It's great to have that confirmation. Really, how was he supposed to know Dyme was a name? Despite meeting plenty of people with other weird names here?

"...I would like the ground to swallow me up now, please."