Seeing him was going to be a constant manage of feelings; she could already tell that much. It was almost hard to know him well and still be so distant. Likely for the better and that's what Devi tries to convince herself of as she thinks about it.

"Thank you." She never doubted that he wanted her to succeed.

Yes, she noted his making her a priority and she was thrilled and saddened all at once. It was kept down and tucked away behind a slight pleased quirk of her lips.

"Lydia's making good headway on patching it back up, isn't she? You're lucky that you missed Halloween; it was noisy. Probably better that you did though, considering." He'd have been pissed to see what the club looked like after the initial attack. She didn't know if he knew about Erik's promotion and wasn't going to mention it - that was a can of worms she was going to avoid.