"Nelson and Murdock, Attorneys at Law," she read the small plaque beside the door.
"Shall we?" Harry asked, pulling the door open for her.
After taking a long look at him, Jennifer walked through the doors and up a short flight of stairs. A second door stood at the top and to one side with the name of the law firm embossed upon it.
As she paused, Harry reached past her and opened the door, again gesturing for her to precede him through it.
At their entrance, a young, slim woman with long blonde hair rose from behind her desk.
"Welcome to Nelson and Murdock. How may I help you?" she smiled.
"Hi, Karen, I'm not sure if you remember me? I've only been in here the once. My name's Harry Potter," Harry said.
"Of course, yes. Mister Potter," Karen said, reaching out to shake his hand.
"Karen, this is a friend of mine, Jennifer Walters. Jennifer, this is Karen Page," Harry introduced. "We have an appointment with Matt."
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Walters," Karen replied, shaking her hand. "If you'll excuse me a moment, I'll go see if Mister Murdock is ready for you."
Karen quickly stepped to the door to the office on the left, knocked once and opened the door.
"Matt, Harry Potter and Jennifer Walters are here to see you," she said.
"Thank you, Karen, I'll be right out," Jennifer heard the man say.
A few moments later, a man with a noticeable three or five day growth appeared in the doorway. Intriguingly, he was wearing red-tinted, round glasses inside the office. He was also moving cautiously. At first, Jennifer thought that it might be because he knew about her but a few seconds later she realised the real reason. This man was blind.
"Matt," Harry greeted him, failing to hold out his hand to shake. "It's good to see you again."
"I'd say likewise, but …" Matt shrugged with a bit of a grin.
"Matt, I'd like you to meet the friend that I was telling you about, Jennifer Walters," Harry introduced.
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Walters," he said.
"Jennifer, please, Mister Murdock," she replied. "And likewise."
"Matt," he said simply. "How about the two of you come into my office and we'll chat before I inflict Foggy on you."
At his gesture, they preceded him into his office. Jennifer turned to watch as Matt closed the door, straightening slightly as he did so. He then unerringly walked across the room, around his desk and sat in his chair.
"Jennifer," Matt began, his hands held together on his desk, his body slightly angled forward. "How much has Harry, Bruce and the others told you about me?"
"Not a thing, really, other than that you're a lawyer and that you've helped Harry out before," she replied.
"I assume that you trust Jennifer?" Matt asked, his head angled towards Harry.
"Very much so," Harry replied. "And in answer to your unasked question, it's not our secret to tell."
Matt nodded at that while Jennifer simply looked confused.
"Jennifer, do you know who Harry is?" Matt asked.
"Harry?" Jennifer replied, surprised at the question. "He's … Harry Potter. Bruce's friend."
"What else can you tell me about him?" Matt asked.
Jennifer shrugged and then blushed slightly as she realised the uselessness of the gesture with a blind man.
"He owns and runs The Marauder's Den, he's English and Doreen Green is living in his apartment," she replied.
"That's all?" Matt asked. "She does know?"
"Oh, yes, she knows," Harry replied.
Jennifer looked between the two men before leaning forward and lowering her voice.
"Do you mean the fact that he's also 'Mage'?" she asked.
Matt smiled. "Knew we'd get there. You know about the Avengers. You also know that there are others that work with them."
"You mean Spider-man and Squirrel Girl," Jennifer said.
"Yes. And Daredevil," Matt replied.
"Oh, I've never met him," Jennifer stated.
"You have now," Matt smirked.
Jennifer's jaw dropped. She's seen news footage and read the newspapers about the hero, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen.
"You … you're … him?" she asked.
"Yes," Matt replied.
"But you're …" she said before cutting off what she was going to say.
"Blind?" Matt finished for her. "I am. But all my other senses are off the chart which lets me do what I do."
"Why are you telling me this?" Jennifer blurted.
"Because I know about your other self," Matt replied. "That's a big part of why you're here. I know what it's like to have two … halves, two personalities. I can be there to help you if you need it, just as you can help me at times as well."
"O-kay," Jennifer said slowly.
"It also forms part of the role that I'd like you to have working here at Nelson and Murdock," Matt said.
Jennifer sat up a little straighter and Matt smiled.
"Apart from the usual cases that we take on here, I'd like you to head up a new division, specialising in the laws surrounding people with 'special' abilities," Matt stated.
"There are no laws for such people, they … we have to follow the same laws as everyone else," Jennifer countered.
"For now, yes," Matt replied. "But with the number of powered people that are beginning to pop up, not to mention all of the mutants, you know as well as I do that it's not going to be long until such laws begin to be passed. I'd like Nelson and Murdock to be ahead of the game, to be already known as the place where people like us can come when they get into some kind of legal problems and for them to know that we'll be on their side."
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