Sebastian nodded. "Antoine tends to be," he said, because it was the truth. That's just how Anthony Blanche was. He knew anyone and everyone and had affairs with all people one was meant to have affairs with, not to mention quite a few that one wasn't meant to engage. While most greeted this with some fear and admiration, Sebastian took it in along with everything else that Anthony was and accepted it as part of Anthony's 'charm.'

Sebastian's attention shifted and suddenly focused on a question that he felt he must ask. "What is it like in Birmingham in whatever year you're from? I've never been there nor to your year, so I wouldn't know anything of it. It's like a different planet for all the good experience does me."