"That has its advantages but this is certainly more pleasant." That statement, at least, holds no particular peril. She doesn't need to know him or the island to converse about running. Unfortunately it won't be the first time they've encountered each other on the paths and the subject will exhaust itself quickly.

"What's on your agenda today?" she asks, hoping both to direct the conversation to something that will give her information and that she hasn't inadvertently revealed she has no idea they'd planned to meet later to do some work. The journal's maddeningly opaque about some things.