Beauty was right about Jack's social circle. He didn't have many who he would consider true friends. Or any, really, if he was honest with himself. He did run into the trouble that quite a lot of people weren't sure how to act around a mayor and there were some who simply wanted to flatter him or tell him what they thought he wanted to hear.
"Well, she hadn't found a job here yet. But where she came from, she was a stage magician."
Jack looked over at Beauty, not wanting to completely dominate the conversation. Not to mention that it was a little painful talking about Zee. It was nice too, but hard to do so.