Kieran was glad that Jude took him seriously; their relationship hadn't always been this way. It made him feel important. He wasn't, really — at least not when it came to the campaign, because anybody could have sketched out the posters. But he was important to Jude. There was nigh-constant evidence of that.

Kieran shifted in his seat, and took an uncomfortable sip of his beer. "You need to talk to respectable women," he said, with a roll of his eyes. "And — apparently Picardy and Prewett don't." He didn't want to have to explain this to Jude, as it was too close to explaining the truth of himself, but. He suspected he would have to.

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