He keeps pace with her easily, holding open a door and waiting for her when things are a little busy and need more force.

The question, though, he'd been expecting.

"That she was dating him? I didn't know," he answers easily. As well as the fact that she didn't ask, but that's neither here nor there. He supposes if Cooper had remained less in the public eye then it might not have mattered so much. What must matter now is that a member of the Night Council is dating her. "Are you worried for her sake, or for what it looks like?"

A genuine question, since each would require a different style of damage control -- personal vs public.