[Yes, a lot has changed--though it's questionable to tell just how much Bortz knows, given the general inscrutability of their expressions. They look as taciturn and emotionally inaccessible as they ever have, though Diamond does have a way of softening the sharpest of their edges, don't they?

At their words, Bortz's frown deepens for only a moment as they mull over some private thought, before they promptly look back towards the flowers.] I suppose the danger isn't as imminent here, [they muse aloud grudgingly. It's the closest they're likely to come to acknowledging that they're being overly harsh.]