Just like many viewers who have a ton of questions about what happened and why Stabler never reached out to his friend and crime-solving partner over the years, along with wondering about a lot of other things, Christopher Meloni seems to be saying that Benson has all of the same questions, so seeing her former friend again isn’t going to immediately erase all of that.
I mean, for all you Bensler fans out there, I think this is probably not the answer you were hoping for, and it certainly isn’t a great sign for how their first meeting will go, but it is understandable.