I meant to introduce you in any case.If the subject arises, please give him my greetings.

Otherwise it might have been better for him just to sit this exchange out - as he had been attempting to sit most other things out, rather than impose on Elisa's right to her own body.

That he had to give up his own active presence in any matters to do so continued to frustrate him, but that was what their research was for - and they wouldn't continue to be productive at it without a break.