[He bridges most of the gap between them with a few steps, smiling hugely even though she can't see it.]

I'm happy to see you again too, Lilly. You're right - it isn't exactly ideal in a lot of ways. But it isn't anything extremely terrible. Usually. I mean some bad things have happened, but there's a lot of good here too...

[He was rambling. He knew he was rambling. He'd almost given up hope of seeing her again and he was more than a little exciteable at this point.]

Anyway, how are you? Hungry? Thirsty? If you are I can make you something?