She nodded "You do not have to thank me" She said rather formally. "I promised I would tell you and I meant it." She added as she continued telling Kate the next step so to speak in the tales of what had happened.
She told Kate about how she came to work for NCIS on Jenny's orders, told her who Jenny was, and even mused over how Abby hated her at first. It was when she got to the part about Gibbs being hurt that she wavered again.