Getting to Know You

That was... actually kind of a good idea. Normally people running for council had been around a while. They were natives, or people who had been around enough to feel confident, but few people ran on an actual platform of I'm new and establishing myself, and so are a lot of people. It was a good point, and the idea sprung a lot of other ideas up as well.

"That... is actually a pretty good idea," Jude said after a moment. "I hadn't thought about that. I guess I'd gotten into the mindset that I was a young up and comer and I'd have a harder time competing against people who'd been here longer like Alma, but... it doesn't have to be that way. With how many people come to the island every year, there's a constant bunch of new people to appeal to who might want to intentionally see someone new on the council..."

Oh boy did he have ideas, and he grinned widely at Violeta, who no doubt would be able to feel his gratitude just coming off him in waves.

"Thanks a ton. Honestly, just this helped a lot. I can handle getting the posters up I think, but if I need any help, I'll definitely give you a call."

Jude made a mental note that she didn't sleep, but at that point it was just noise to him. It wasn't important, because at that point he did sleep, and had no reason to assume that would change anytime soon.

"They had counselors," Jude confirmed, but after that he took a moment, pausing to consider. He was pretty sure he knew the answer to her question, but he wanted to ask anyway. To know for sure, because if she was going to go that way, she'd probably have to answer that very question a lot.

" I guess it would depend on why. If you want to do it to feed, then obviously that would be bad, but if you want to do it to help people, then I don't think you should let other people's wariness about your motives get in the way. Being a counselor is a good job, and as long as your feeding isn't going to get in the way, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to do it."

Jude didn't mind the silence. It wasn't awkward. He'd spent time in silence, alone with his own thoughts, and it was hard to say he even was alone anymore. Not with Gill. There was always that presence there, that sense of another person being over his shoulder.

Whether good or bad.

"There's probably an opportunity for someone to do therapy with people who... can't physically be there? Like, remotely. Then it wouldn't be a concern you'd have to have." He wasn't sure how viable that was. Some people could use that, but not all, and maybe not enough for a full customer base.

He grinned up at Violeta as she returned.

"Got lost, probably," Jude said with a laugh. "But it was nice talking with you. I should probably get going, but this was... really nice. We should do this more often."

"We should," Jude said. "Maybe after elections are over, we can make it a regular thing. Talk about homework and tests and all that... normal stuff."

He felt out of touch, but he wasn't that bad. It just felt very long ago.

But at the same time, it felt good. Normal.

"Thanks for hanging out with me, Violeta."

He left just before she did, heading off back to home.