[Better than him. Which isn't to say Rean's stupid – far from it, at least academically. He's just always performed acceptably, never excellently.

There's just no drive there to propel him toward being better, is all. A solid B- across the board.]

Haha, well, trust me, you're not missing a single thing from the dorms. What with the fire and the heatwave, I've kind of had to abandon ship on mine at least until all of this dies down—

[Ah. Called out.]

...What? Is that so wrong? I mean, if we're living in the same city now, the least I can do is try to be around...