He glances over a moment, then shrugs because their meeting had been nothing particularly special, and about what a shinobi might expect. He still remembers it very well.

"I was assigned as her escort through Konoha just before the Chuunin Exam preparations began in earnest. We got along well, and given the difficulty she's had with past escorts, Hokage-sama has made it a running assignment whenever she happens to be in the village. Of course, that may change now that we no longer maintain a strictly professional relationship."

He hopes it doesn't, but even if it does, that doesn't mean he'll see her any less. He doubts the rules to their game have changed, and if she doesn't have another Hyuuga assigned to her, he expects her new escort to lose her fairly quickly.