[ A little humorless ha, even though Bastien really is letting Byerly off the hook far too generously. By knows Alexandrie, knows that she's prone to jealousy. He should have known that it wouldn't just be okay.

But: ]

And I wanted to...know that you both were all right. And to have you close. Very greedy of me.

[ A little sigh. ]

I hope it was merely awkward, rather than outright upsetting.