Hakkai sets out the cups, pouring hot water from the kettle over the leaves in the pot, the soft clink and splash of porcelain and water the only sound he makes for the space of several breaths.

At last, his voice also quiet, he asks, "Did you know Jedao loves Eiffel dearly?"

Did he know before, Hakkai means. Because he knows that Neal doesn't know Jedao that well, but the utter mechanical tone of Jedao's post had been so obvious to him that it's hard for him to believe anyone would have missed it unless they didn't have the context.