Joan tips her head in acknowledgment but it's clear from her reserve she has no need to discuss it further. It's too fresh with her recent journey in time backward to the months when everything had been so up in the air, as well.

Instead, she's frowning over Helen's behavior. "It is something of a strange choice, isn't it?" It's not really a question, more of a bemused affirmation of John's thoughts. "Will would have been awkward, certainly, but she could have met you in public." As she had with Geena. "Helen doesn't strike me as the sort of woman to deliver a message so backhandedly, although admittedly I don't know her very well at all. If she did have something to say, I suspect she would have said it outright."