Jude certainly did not seem to be in the best of spirits, and Evan wondered if maybe he actually should have left the other boy alone - or at least inquired if company was alright. But... he'd already sat now and he figured he'd give it a few minutes, see if there was anything Jude needed or wanted to talk about, before he took his leave if that's what was desired by the Hufflepuff. Glancing back towards the Willow which... seemed at present to not be a threat, he gave a shrug of his shoulders. "I don't see any protesting yet. So.. you're probably okay." Or the tree was biding it's time. He wasn't quite sure how that worked.

A friend from the wedding? Evan's eyebrow rose as he looked at the parchment quizzically, but not too closely considering the contents were none of his business. "Chin-hae and Mycelia's wedding?" He hadn't noticed Jude had gotten particularly close with anyone while they'd been there, and he briefly wondered if it had been one of his extended family members or who the Hufflepuff had connected to.