In Romiette and Julio, what did Julio say to Romiette when he first met her?

This question could have two different answers depending on how a person interprets it. Romiette and Julio "meet" in an internet chat room before they meet in person. The novel was written in 1999, so email and chat rooms were the upcoming, popular things to use. If meeting in an online chatroom counts, then Romitte and Julio meet in chapter 7. She is "afroqueen" and he is "spanishlover." If this meeting counts, then the first thing that Julio says directly to Romiette is "16/m and ready for action." It is in response to her demand to state his stuff. If this question is asking about what Julio first said to Romiette in person, then the answer has to be that the reader can't possibly know for sure. At the end of chapter 12, the two characters agree to meet in person. Chapter 13 is then Romiette's journal entry. She describes the meeting, but readers can't be sure of exactly what Julio said. The closest her journal entry gets to his first words is a summary of what Julio supposedly said about the rose and the hot sauce.

He said he brought the rose because the hot sauce was too great a treasure and he couldn’t give it up.