She understood his repsonse. 'Distance at first as not a problem for him, but you see, before I moved here I had been living in Rio with my parents and when he found out I was moving because my parents had plans to move to the artic he didn't like the distance idea anymore.' She paused remembering that converstation. 'He has a habit of splinching himself,' she said, 'so we both knew it wouldnt work over seas.'