[ That gave him reason to pause. ] Anew's ... twin? Brother? Whatever you'd like to call it? [ Neil's look should indicate that he wasn't trying to be insensitive; he just genuinely lacked knowledge as to how that dynamic functioned. ]
It's good that she was left out. Even if she was still rounded up wrongfully for her suspected involvement. [ Which was unforgivable in its own right, but that was Lyle's fight, not his. (No matter how Neil felt that he and Anew were on similar ground.) ]