"Those bandits you didn't even need saving from?"

That was before she knew he was a Bard, not that much has really changed since then. She'd still leap to save him, no matter how capable he is.

"Do you? It's hardly anything new," she sighs, but she does take his hand. Maybe she ought to tell Bastien more about Colin. Maybe she ought to tell him she kissed Derrica. Maybe she shouldn't say anything and should let him take a break from being the person she goes to for advice all the time.