Again, Rei was avoiding explanations and acting so calm. Was something wrong? Byrne just couldn't tell. The way she acted, this time and previous times he'd been in contact with her... Just--just what was with this girl, anyway? She was so unlike most other girls her age. Why did she behave the way she did?

It was way too easy to jump to conclusions, so Byrne was going to try to ignore any possible answers to that question in his head and focus on what was in front of him. A simple answer, that she had different priorities. "Then what are your priorities?" he asked gently, not in any sort of way that suggested he expected an answer. She didn't have to explain if she didn't want to. Again, if there was something else here, something that she didn't want to talk about, that was just fine. Not going to force anything here.

At least it was a relief to hear that she was uninjured. (Or was she lying? He just couldn't read this girl.)