"Kate's 'beau'?" Glacius is not familiar with the term, though he can figure what it means. "I have not yet met the man, though I really should rectify it. Still—are you sure you are alright passing his gift on to me? If he brought it specifically to you, perhaps you are who it should remain with."

The ice alien has not yet drawn the connection between the objects from each inhabitant's own world recently, and what Carlisle is suggesting now; he's supposing it was just a nice courtesy that Kate's significant other brought to his partner. He's not sure how he feels about encroaching on that, and he'll be even less sure—yet simultaneously even more flattered—when the meaning behind the clergyman's offering is fully explained.