... We were out there so late... [ he huffs a little ] We'd just met. She brought me home after I fell through her roof. Her mother ... she asked me privately to leave during the night and not contact Aerith again. Didn't want me to put her in danger. So I did.

[ he shakes his head before, dryly; ]

Got all the way to the end of the sector to find her waiting for me so she could bring me the rest of the way.