[she'd make a joke here-- something about Makoto not having to worry, because Magilou had taken good care of him while they were stuck on that island-- but perhaps the levity is badly timed]

[she's getting better at holding her tongue and not being humorous when the situation doesn't call for it]

Well. . . honestly, if he and I hadn't been able to meet again like this, we both probably would have gone on assuming that it had been nothing more than a dream.