[ Neil opens his mouth. He wants to say "don't worry; I had it covered", but that could be... rubbing salt in a wound? The man has no clue just exactly how close those two were. She uses the word "fond" so freely that it's hard, even to this day, to get to the bottom of her feelings for others.
Beside the fact that she always sounds so committed to the Meister.
Hrm. ] Don't worry about it. Nothing to do about it and, besides, you're here now. I'm sure she'll be able to catch you up on everything that's happened with her 'til now.