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Nigel opened his lunch and slowly began eating, not wanting to waste what Elinor had been thoughtful enough to purpose for him. As despite the ability to use a warming spell on it to reheat, there were times when it was better just to simply enjoy it the first time around. Better to not insult the meal's provider. The shopkeeper listened to Elinor as she described her day, nodding at times to show understanding to certain mentions...especially the mention of having to deal with few good people.
"Yes, I did read about that case," he remarked, one of the few moments of her work that were shared with the general public outside anything Elinor might reveal to him any other way.
He met her gaze as she looked up at him, raising a slight eyebrow when it seemed she was on the verge of saying something to him and breaking the silence. Not to mention noticing the change in demeanor that was written across her face. Nigel didn't have to wait long for there to be some incling as to what had brought the change on. Her mother? Alright. So her mother had sent her a letter, that the older woman deemed important. Or so he was told as Elinor continued speaking and explaining things to him that he didn't know about having never met her mother.
Why was that something Elinor felt to sha--
Visit her...bring him along?
Oh Merlin. Nigel was not liking the thought of that meeting. Granted he figured her family HAD to be better then his in many ways, but that didn't mean it would be perfect and entirely pleasant. Elinor's behavior at the receipt of the letter was clue enough of that despite the rare times the woman had been brought up in conversation. "She wants...to meet...me?" His words of question coming out disjuncted without meaning to
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