"It's fine, you weren't to know. You haven't met him and I hadn't told you. Don't worry about it." He genuinely isn't worried about it. And he's deflected the question entirely.

"Mm? Oh, well, there's a screw up in college housing. First day and instead of getting a room to himself, Matt got me. I awkwardly half hit on him, him, with his rosary hanging around his neck and just out of the orphanage, I didn't even mean to do it, but somehow we ended up best friends within about a week. For all his frustrating bullshit, he is one of the smartest, sweetest, most generous and dedicated people you'll ever meet."