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Salem's hand moved stealthily over his lips as Lilie began to spoke. Trying hard not to show his expression when she called out Max as not being a friend before everyone in the room. Knowing her there was no malice behind the words, and she quickly realised what had escaped her lips as Lilie began to backpeddle in an attempt to fix what wrong she had wrought. It wasn't often Salem was able to enjoy a train wreck as it was happening, most tended to stay poised and rattle gossip of others at these form of events rather than dig their own grave. It was, however, a major upset that the one to be doing so was Lilie of all people. Max he could see, or even yet count on, but it pained him to see someone he cared about dearly being put into such a situation. His eyes perked up as Madalyne spoke, breaking away from what had just transpired and moving the night along another path, he hoped.

He gave her a polite smile as always before speaking. [Color=82ca9d]"Well I did have years of medical training and it always helps to have some family in the field to some extent. Though financing sounds like an interesting choice. Don't sell yourself short, every job is important even waiting tables and knitting."[/color] Salem's eyes trailed the conversation over to Max, awaiting to see his response to Maddie and hoping he would ignore Lilie. Or would that be worse? Salem was unsure about which outcome would be worse for Lilie and then finally he spoke, a single word, one that carried weight and Salem sat and hoped it didn't do much damage to her. He wanted to excuse the pair and go out for air, see if she was alright and make sure that it was all in his head. As much as she worried for him he worried for her and settings like these were clearly not her forte. But Max continued, with what Salem hoped was a joke. Max? A therapist? He barely wants to listen to people speak let alone their issue. Unless he wanted to hear them so that he may laugh at it behind their backs.

Honestly Salem didn't know. Max was a bit of a mystery that he wished to figure out. One he felt he might have gotten closer to seeing tonight than in previous nights. The conversation was flowing as Lilie excused herself quietly and Salem watched her leave for the kitchen. [Color=82ca9d]"So a therapist? That would be interesting for you. Though have you ever considered the idea of being a professor at this school? I'm sure you'd do great in an academic scene. Learning, experimenting, and teaching magic to students all while holding some obscure metal object to keep the students guessing. Will he throw it? Shape it? Or is it simply a weight for core training?"[/color]