ZEX didn't remember anything about knives off-hand, but he could remember her face clearly enough. One of the few female humans he'd had a chance to speak with, and she was as striking as all her species tended to be.

"Admiral ZEX," he said, trying again at a smile. "Although I suppose I'm less... intact than the last time you saw me." He scratched a bit at the bald spot on his head. "You're..." Wait, what was her name? Something that started with a harder sound... DON? DAN? DIN? Something like that... "You're...?" With a slight change in inflection, so it'd hopefully sound like he was encouraging her to likewise introduce herself and not like he'd forgotten her name entirely.