She hadn’t sounded offended, at any rate, for his being interested. He didn’t expect he had much to offer in polite conversation with strangers besides sincerity, particularly when the conversation was beyond the usual bounds of his usual spheres.
Herbology; mythology; animals of India - Jude would attest to being firmly out of his depths on all three. “Well, no one can say you’re not broadening your horizons,” he appraised, impressed both at her intellectual pursuits and that she had determined to making a living out of them. “Perhaps I should be getting out from the social politics shelves once in a while.” He gave a wry smile, though suspected that was yet more of a joke than he had meant it to be, because - when passions and interests were as all-consuming as that - it was probably much too late to turn back now.
Herbology; mythology; animals of India - Jude would attest to being firmly out of his depths on all three. “Well, no one can say you’re not broadening your horizons,” he appraised, impressed both at her intellectual pursuits and that she had determined to making a living out of them. “Perhaps I should be getting out from the social politics shelves once in a while.” He gave a wry smile, though suspected that was yet more of a joke than he had meant it to be, because - when passions and interests were as all-consuming as that - it was probably much too late to turn back now.
