"Yes. I, er, found him when he first arrived." It seems it's now Johnny's turn to quiz her on the Balladeer, now that the Balladeer's had his go. At least Johnny's capable of expressing himself clearly, provided he's not too busy being nervous and generally mistrustful to get to the point.

Maybe it'll be easier if she just gets to the point for him. "I take it you didn't get off to the best of starts when you met him." She manages not to sound as if she's assigning particular blame to either party, but she does raise her eyebrows at him in a silent request for any explanation he might care to offer.