Jake saw Regulus across the room and watched the wizard move nearer and nearer, noting how others slid out of the way as Regulus went through the crowd. He made quite an appearance with his dark, good looks and straight back and the new evening robes he was wearing.
"Good evening and thank you. I was just thinking the same thing, and everyone else is probably jealous of how stunning you look in yours," Jake replied, handing Regulus a glass of wine that had appeared from a waiter.
He then grinned. "Yes, and it would get rather tedious with all the singing back and forth in argument without any resolve. The curtain would just close unless someone was killed to end the scene," Jake said.