"No. I haven't seen Rhys in... a couple of years, I suppose. He didn't want to see me again, so I never went back to find him."

Not since Lambert stripped the confusion away, laying bare what Cole was to Rhys... and to himself.

"He has Evangeline to look after him. He isn't very good at doing it himself, he daydreams and gets snuck up on and then he runs into things without his staff..." There's genuine worry in there, but he pushes it down, doesn't let himself chase the thread. "I hope he's safe and happy."