Do you mean my appearance was different? [ That's easy enough to explain. By clearing her throat, she begins to speak in a more solemn tone. ]

I am the lucid dream.
The monster in your nightmares. [ Softer. ]
The fiend of a thousand faces. [ Darker. ]
Cower before my true form!!

[ With a suitable enough pause, she'll double over laughing. ]

No, I wouldn't do that to someone I just met!