Jean-Claude actually has an empty plate and full silverware set out, both out of court manners and in an attempt to make eating alone less awkward. He socializes with lycanthropes pretty extensively and is used to this issue, though it doesn't bother him in the least.

This is far more cooperative than he'd been expecting - and he's not about to miss an invitation.

"It does not surprise me you would be so dedicated to your work instead of socializing. How did you become an archivist?" Observing him, he tilts his head slightly, dark hair slipping forward over his shoulder. "And did it predate your... other habits? They seem intertwined." It is in fact a topic he's greatly interested in, but it's also, intentionally so, an easy question to avoid answering too personally.