Kevin missed Oriel's response at first. Something had triggered a memory flood, and he was recalling his seventh year at Hogwarts, those long months of having no idea if Jackie would live or not, following his nasty car wreck. And he remembered Jackie's first words on waking up from the coma he was in, "Kev, you look like shit." Kevin laughed.
He then shook off his reverie and caught the very last question Oriel asked.
"Old friend. We go back twenty-some-odd years. He knows all about me and didn't tell me to bugger off, so huzzah for that," he answered with a grin.