Re: lakeside mansion; hugh c./dietre a.
Hugh hadn't intended for it to be a jab and an abashed look crossed his face before he shook his head quickly, with a smile. "It wasn't - Sorry. I just meant for me..." He shifted his weight, and bit his lower lip for an instant before he put his cup down, and he looked at Dietre.
"I hope we'll be friends," he said honestly. "If you want to be, and I've made a few. Like, for a while I felt like maybe people here just wouldn't get me, which, feels kind of pretentious when I say it out loud," he sighed. "But I have I think made a few friends, and they're all really fabulous people in different ways, and it's been good."