For as much as he wished they could at least reach some kind of mutual friendship, today wasn't going to be that day. Maybe it would have been better to just let word get out on its own that he was back. Or, done a broadcast to basically announce it like it was some big news. Fact was, he wasn't that kind of guy.

"Would you have preferred that?" Caius asked her, attention coming to her and her face. "Maybe it was foolish to think you might appreciate this more instead of lumping you in with the general public."

Somehow singling her out with a 'Hey, Devi! I'm back!" didn't seem the wisest thing to do. Especially given who her boyfriend was.

That was simply honest thinking without any bitter resentment.