"Take care," Maes called after Severus, nodding to the man's retreating back. He turned to Roy and gave the man an appraising look before nodding once more.

"Come on, we can use my room." He turned back to his door and pulled it open, holding it for the other two. His room was the same as everyone else's, now with two beds instead of one. "My roommate's gone, he's a pretty good guy. Didn't seem too overwhelmed by this stuff, took it as well as anybody I've seen." Idle conversation. This wasn't the evening that Maes had envisioned. Certainly it had involved Roy and his bedroom, but Riza hadn't exactly been in the picture.

Not that Maes really minded - important things needed to be taken care of first, after all.

"Make yourselves comfy."