"It's only an exterior change. Or so I keep telling myself." He couldn't hold back the comment and by the time he had uttered it in his bitter tone, it was too late. Not quite what he had wanted and certainly not a good start to what was supposed to be a lighthearted, happy dinner.
"But a lawyer, huh," he added quickly, changing the subject with a bright expression on his face and a smile.
"Never thought you'd get into that profession." It didn't seem very intuitive, putting people behind bars, but if she was in immigration that wasn't quite the same.