[she makes an annoyed sound at his joke, but it's not super serious.]

This is the second time you've come out of one of these and I get in so much trouble? [grumbles.

she is also very glad that he didn't come out much longer after her, because she would have been in a state.]

... You don't have to tell me everything, but. [a beat.] Did it just put you in a place where you had to pick between people?