07-03-2018, 03:07 PM
"It's been some time since I've partaken in so called high society. I know hardly anyone here, my recent gentleman company included."
She shrugged away the admission, unperturbed by her outsider status. The suggestion of an older man flickered a brief smirk, but any gentle tease smoothed away, little more than an amused glint to her eye.
The question itself made it clear Evelyn had yet to speak to Brandon, if she truly did not know Jay was here. But seeking the Congresswoman's help had been an arrow shot in the dark; Natalie didn't begrudge that it hadn't come to fruition, especially now she had come by her answers via other means. "Heard, no. But I've seen him,"
she said, giving a moment's pause to ascertain the truth of Evelyn's ignorance.
"He's here. Whispers call the men in black the Nine. It seems he's one of them."
She said it without inflection, though she was curious how Evelyn would interpret Brandon's statement. Harbingers of peace, she imagined, a succinct solution to the troubles in Africa -- as was probably intended.
She shrugged away the admission, unperturbed by her outsider status. The suggestion of an older man flickered a brief smirk, but any gentle tease smoothed away, little more than an amused glint to her eye.
The question itself made it clear Evelyn had yet to speak to Brandon, if she truly did not know Jay was here. But seeking the Congresswoman's help had been an arrow shot in the dark; Natalie didn't begrudge that it hadn't come to fruition, especially now she had come by her answers via other means. "Heard, no. But I've seen him,"
she said, giving a moment's pause to ascertain the truth of Evelyn's ignorance.
"He's here. Whispers call the men in black the Nine. It seems he's one of them."
She said it without inflection, though she was curious how Evelyn would interpret Brandon's statement. Harbingers of peace, she imagined, a succinct solution to the troubles in Africa -- as was probably intended.