Some people came over with some hesitance, some qualm at being seen here or pause with what precisely to say, how to navigate the process of discussing politics with a stranger. Some were all pleasantries, some abashed, some angry at him the moment they approached – this woman, Jude swiftly realised, as she sat down, was on a mission.
“Jude Wright, pleased to meet you,” he began, trying to decide whether she looked familiar or not. Did she work in a shop somewhere in London? He wasn’t sure. But there was hardly time to consider it, because there it was, the marriage ban. “You mean between humans and non-humans,” Jude said, eyebrows quirked slightly in question. He was already certain that was the ban she meant, of course (there were not so many writ in law); but what he didn’t yet know was which side she would be coming from. He thought he had better give her chance to say.
“Jude Wright, pleased to meet you,” he began, trying to decide whether she looked familiar or not. Did she work in a shop somewhere in London? He wasn’t sure. But there was hardly time to consider it, because there it was, the marriage ban. “You mean between humans and non-humans,” Jude said, eyebrows quirked slightly in question. He was already certain that was the ban she meant, of course (there were not so many writ in law); but what he didn’t yet know was which side she would be coming from. He thought he had better give her chance to say.
