"It's a lot harder to warm up to strangers," Sylphiel might have been sympathetic, but she knew it was a lot harder for Zelgadis. The fact that he warmed up to her with so little interaction between them made her reexamine everything she knew about her companion. Zelgadis had certainly made some progress at least from what she could remember and that's all she could really go on, "but I'm glad that you care enough to listen to me, so thank you."