[ It's his first show of interest in just about anything. It should probably be her cue to use Abel as his weakness... but she's mostly just glad to see that he cares for Abel as much as Abel seemed to care for him. ]

No, he left soon after you were taken.

[ It doesn't even occur to her to keep this information hostage, or to try to play with Rand's mind by feeding him something false. She is not very good at being menacing or manipulating people. In fact, ]

I think he would have liked to rescue you, but the circumstances were too complicated.

[ She tacks that on lest Rand think Abel a coward or uncaring. ]