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Cedric 
Paulie swallowed the bite in his mouth, washed it down with some water. It wasn't half bad. Usually he thought of festival food as fried or sugary, but this was quite fresh. And tasty.
Joao took him up on his offer to sit, thanked him, and even asked how he was. Now, what was thiiiis? Could this possibly be the start of turning over a new leaf? Paulie Foster and Joao Neves AKA Brazil Nut, enemies dating back all the way to the times of the Hogwarts Trojan War? Well. Perhaps they were just being civil.
"Eh," Paulie shrugged a shoulder and scrunched his nose up. "Been better." He fixed a little of the turkey that was falling out of the side of the sandwich. "And you? I heard some news, ya now." Mhmm. Oh yes he did. Now Paulie turned to Joao with a knowing grin. "You and that Gordian knot." Finally, he had gotten a name for that one. That crazy girl. Sure took him long enough.. how appropriate.
And he wouldn't delve into the happenings of his ex-girlfriend and said Gordian knot quiiiiiiiite yet.
Joćo wondered why he wasn't as well as before, but slapped himself mentally a second later. He wasn't supposed to even be curious about him. He was supposed to just shrug, argue over wise comments, and leave him mortified.
...there was something in England's air that made him softer. He
knew it.
"I'm--fine." He could be better too, but he was still too suspicious of Paulie to be any friendlier than this. He wasn't going to see him again, probably. What was the point of being hostile? He didn't want any enmity behind.
...Gordian knot? He chuckled, clearly amused at Aspen's nickname. Then chuckled
again as he repeated it in his mind.
"Only you could have found such a convenient name." If he was wondering, that was Joćo's complimenting.
"So what did you hear about me?" How come he had heard NOTHING about him in return?