[It sucks to hear her be sad. The sniffles suck, her trying to be happy and supportive sucks even though he appreciates it, because he doesn't want her to be sad and he's sure there's not much he can do to try to make it better right now.]

Thanks...but hey, don't worry about Rei or any of that right now, okay? I'm just glad you picked up the phone so we could talk. I really didn't want to lose you as a friend over this. That woulda made this a thousand times worse. That is, if it's still cool with you.