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Cynthia nodded and shook the woman's hand. Jasmine, she said? The name reminded Cynthia of the little, fragrant, white flowers that grew in abundance where she lived. A pleasant moniker.
"It is nice to meet you, too," the IMC worker said. And the food topic? Drat, Cynthia had been trying carefully to avoid that. In fact, she'd almost not come to the banquet. "I'm very allergic to peanuts. I can't even get too near them. If I were to come into physical contact with the food, I could die of anaphylaxis." Not meaning to creep Jasmine out, but...yeah, she couldn't risk eating food. Cross-contamination was quite possible.
Cynthia immediately ceased the topic of death. Another person had arrived and began to speak.
"Hello. How are you?" Cynthia said, as she was pretty sure she'd seen Elizabeth around IMC.
Jasmine smiled at Cynthia. It was nice to meet a new friend. But now once she explained her allergies it all made sense.
"Oh wow I didn't know it was that severe. I am sorry, I will be more cautious around you.." she grinned and joked a little bit. She even used a huge word Jazz didn't understand and went with the flow.
"So how long have you both been working in the ministry for?" she asked to strike up some conversation between all of them.