[Indeed she doesn't. There is but a brief moment of alarm, the man taken aback-but it passes, and his expression grows stony before he nods.]

....................Indeed it was, [He eventually says, turning to leave.] ....Take care to listen to what you hear here, Jinx, [he continues, slowly making his way off.] ....It could mean more than you realize.

[He doesn't get the impression she'll take those words to heart. ....It's a shame, he finds himself thinking, but nothing he could win with arguing.]