"That's an interesting standpoint on the subject," she conceded with a small smile of her own. She hadn't realised that this man would be an intellectual but it was a nice surprise and made her realise that she needed to assume less and wait more. Perhaps she'd learned that over time. "Although circumstances are so very drastically different to what I know.
It's a bit like being an infant," Belvina admitted. "Not knowing what to do or how to do it and conforming to new social norms, new fashions, new ways of thinking. Except I'm not a baby and I don't have time to adjust or anybody to take the time to show me. It's sink or swim.
I do intend on swimming though," she added with an impish smile. "So what is it that you do? Are you working at the Ministry as a researcher perhaps? Or St Mungo's?"