The brief pause while Lioriley considers her answer gives him a moment to remember that they are supposed to be eating right now- while he waits, he’s just going to poke around his plate with his fork to see if there’s any food left.

When she answers, Rezo leans towards her again. He thinks she’s being a bit optimistic about the train having brought her for a reason- it brought him after all so at best, it has some serious oversights in its criteria- but he’s kind enough not to say so. After all…

“You have helped me,” he says. “If you hadn’t been available, well…” He doesn’t really know who he would have gone to for help earlier that day. Zelgadis? One of his roommates? Perhaps, and perhaps it would have worked out fine. But it does not change the fact that with Lioriley here, she wound up being his best option.