Ford didn't sound particularly enthused about this planned outting that he had with a friend. He had some curiosity surrounding who this person was and whether he also knew them. However, something kept him from being his usual forward self and simply asking who this person was. Besides, Ford had friends besides him just as he had friends besides Ford.
"You don't seem particularly interested in going to a horse race," Tycho commented idly as he set his mixed paints to the side and took up one of his brushes. "Not to the ball specifically, no, but we could still go and badger portraits together." He smeared purple paint onto his canvas as he thought on things more. "I could take you to the theatre. My family has a box there. Have you ever watched ballet? Or opera? What things do you like to do that I don't already know about?" Genuinely interested in the answer, he stopped his fiddling with being a painter and looked over at the other man.
"You don't seem particularly interested in going to a horse race," Tycho commented idly as he set his mixed paints to the side and took up one of his brushes. "Not to the ball specifically, no, but we could still go and badger portraits together." He smeared purple paint onto his canvas as he thought on things more. "I could take you to the theatre. My family has a box there. Have you ever watched ballet? Or opera? What things do you like to do that I don't already know about?" Genuinely interested in the answer, he stopped his fiddling with being a painter and looked over at the other man.
