Grimacing Tor looked around and tried to put his mind in a better frame. It was a good room. This had been the nicest place he'd lived until a little over a year before, it would more than serve. He'd been thinking about putting in one of the new bed devices, but decided against it then. Too much luxury and you stopped appreciating it. This was a good lesson for him, and since school was about learning it would make sense for him to pay attention to it, right?

Rolph suggested that they gather their current people up and go get something to eat. The dining halls weren't open yet, but the town had three good restaurants. Tor half wondered who all their people were, but everyone needed to eat, and spending gold meant that the people working in town would have some to spend and so on. He placed about twenty gold in a small velvet bag made for the purpose and formed a little pocket in his browns to put it in. Rolph shook his head at the amount, but Tor hadn't ever really gone to any of the places in town before and didn't know how many people he’d be paying for. Better to bring a little too much than to not have enough.

They found Alissa in her room with a young girl, also a first year, by the look of her and the fear in her eyes. The girl was thin and plain looking, especially compared to his wife's cute and busty look, they had about the same color light brown hair, almost a dirty blond, but the new girl's was done in the new standard look, a short military style bob. She wore brand new student browns, but was tall enough she was clearly a royal, a noble, of some kind. Alissa met him at the door with a kiss and a musky scent that meant Ridley hadn't been kidding about what they had planned earlier. Rolph got a hug from her, since they were friends now. Not lovers, Tor didn't think, but asking that would be foolish if he didn't want to know. Technically they were to related to get married, but there were things allowed in their circles between distant family members that Tor didn’t think were right at all.