I have seen my T twice in public, and freaked out (internally) both times. I mentioned it to him the first time, and he said the same thing your T did about protecting my privacy by not approaching me. I thought that if it happened again I wouldn't feel so weird, but I still did. Each time I stopped what I was doing, turned the opposite way and became and Olympic speed walker. It's bound to happen again, (I live very close to where I go to t) so I hope that I am less anxious next time.