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Mad Eye Touz 
Neptune hung her head, defeated and just.... tired. Tired of the whole thing. Since Runes, she'd had no rest from herself or others about.... stuff.
"It's not so simple," she whispered, but did reach out to pat his knee kindly. Ivan was being kind and offering help - in a helpless situation. "And I won't say a word to Lexi, I promise."
She pulled her hands back into her lap, and kept her eyes downcast to them. "You do care, and I do appreciate it, for both our sakes. But he has a very pretty girlfriend that he told me himself he was happy with. I know the role I play for him, and ..."
Meh.
"Can't we please talk of something else?" Anything else? Paint drying or grass growing?
Ivan listened to Neptune but didn't say anything just smiled as she patted his knee. Leaning on his arm he looked at everyone else and sighed. "She might be pretty but...well never mind," he said biting off that remark and picking up another roll to munch on. Yup something to keep his troublesome mouth busy.
Nodding he turned to look at her with a smile. "We can talk about whatever you want." She was really nice. What James was up to was beyond him. "How do you like the term so far?" Okay so that was a bit lame but at least it was a change in topic right?