"Exactly!" the usher says.

"Well, at least Estus can take comfort in the fact he managed to get blacklisted for one of the weirdest possible reasons."

Jing Yi heads outside, seeing as it probably isn't a gas leak and is probably Talbot Estus and The Show Stopping Stranger being very weird.

And who is it but Evie getting out of a cab.

Evie!

...he should play it cool. Like a sensible person. Yes. "Ah, Evie, nice to see you. Here to catch a show?"

"I was thinking about one but there doesn't seem to be anything good on. At least that I haven't seen already."

"That's unfortunate. If something's good, it's on forever, which is nice unless you're waiting on something good and new to get on stage."

She smiles at him. "Can I tell you a secret?"

"I'm listening. --and keeping my mouth shut."

"I was sort of hoping I'd find a play with you in it."

She was hoping to see him? Be still, my beating heart! "Alas, I've been running around too much doing other things to have had the chance to tread the boards. --But I can let you know as soon as something comes up?"

"I would be very grateful. I think you bring something to the stage so few other actors do."

They seem to have started walking in a direction.

Jing Yi is very happy to walk in a direction that Evie is walking. "That's very kind of you to say." (And here's hoping his next role isn't back of a horse. Not that he doesn't bring his full effort playing the noble part of an animal's hind end.)

"What have you been doing?"

"I have been a Consulting Bohemian-- which in this case means going to an asylum and going 'yes, he does seem to be a weird bohemian, but not an insane bohemian.'"

"That's admirable!" She touches him on the arm to punctuate it. "Do you think he's going to be freed?"

Jing Yi does his best not to visibly preen when she touches his arm. "I hope so? The biggest problem for this person is that his family does not want to support him, but I think I've got an old friend of his lined up to help."

Shining eyes. "That's going above and beyond for a consulting bohemian."

"I mean, it's what I would want if I was having to use the services of a consulting bohemian."

"It's still very generous."

"I'm glad you think so!" ...that's probably making his feelings a bit too obvious, isn't it. Too much emphasis on the 'glad' and 'you.' "What have you been up to lately."

"This and that and the other." And she has a series of very charming stories about various of her Saville Row clients and their strongly held opinions about suits.

Jing Yi is very charmed by her stories of people having strong opinions about suits, and is very eager to put in "how dare they"s and "oh, of course they did"s at appropriate junctures.

This is a story about a man who was hitting on Evie in a way she didn't like, designed to elicit protective instincts and jealousy!

Jing Yi is very vocally sympathetic about how much of a cad he was!

Evie looks up at Jing Yi with big soulful eyes. "This is my apartment. Do you want to come up? I can get you a cup of tea."