[Private to Carl] I ran into John recently. We talked. He would like to meet you and Judith.
[Private to John Sheppard, added later] I spoke with Carl and he is willing to meet with you.
As for Judith, I am okay with you meeting her as long as you understand that doing so means you will need to be part of her life. She is too young to have the man she was growing to consider a father pop in for a brief visit and disappear again.