"I look forward to seeing what you come up with." That much sounds sincere, maybe more than anything else he has said (or will say) tonight. Sincerity doesn't suit him except in these fleeting moments between masks, and then he's off to bigger and brighter ideas.

"Where did you get your funding, before? Public, private, corporate, personal...?" There's a touch of slyness in his voice with that last option. Adrian isn't difficult to peg as the well-moneyed type, no more than himself, and as self-proclaimed king of the over-privileged, Jack feels he's allowed to tease.