Welcome.

[Jude listens, taking the pan off the hot stove for the moment so it won't burn, leaning his elbows onto the counter.]

Down south is where most of the foodstuffs come from, war's coming from the north. Mostly we're getting hit in paper and cloth, not at the table level.

And oh, we all miss indoor plumbing.

[A light pause, where Jude's eyes linger on the second plate, and then-]

Viktor says you're a friend of his?