"Helpful is a weird way to say that though," he says, though he's nodding at the same time. Why else would you bring two people together if they weren't friends, right?

"Mm, mmhm, plus if they have something to work out, it's better they know sooner rather then later, y'know?" This is from the wild elf school of confrontation where you get it all out now instead of hanging onto things for as long as possible though. It doesn't occur to him that this is sort of a stressful time to bring up potentially forty year old conflicts!