Tumaini spun around at Cain's words, his slightly almond shaped gold eyes widening. No amount of practice at distancing people could help him now. In one short instant, he felt as if the distance between himself and this still almost complete stranger vanished into nothing. They shared a room? Not good. This wasn't good at all. How was he supposed to maintain this constant distance now? Forcing the tight-lipped face of distress away, Tumaini flashed a smile. A little timid, and not quite heart-felt, he doubted that he fooled anyone. He just hoped that Cain didn't turn out to be half as meddlesome in his life as the boy seemed he might. "Ah...bad?" he started after a silence of five seconds that felt much longer to him. "Why would it?" He forced another smile before pushing open the door to reveal a standard two-person dorm room with plain walls and furniture. He held the door open, waiting for Cain to enter as well. Nothing to be done about it now anyway. Might as well play nice. "If it's fine though, I'd like the bed by the window. I get ah....cold sometimes..."

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Tarja looked up when she heard the faint metallic whir of the door unlocking. It swung open and she turned. Not a jump and a turn, just a simple and calm look in between her task of organizing her books. She made the desk into a perfect study device with neat stacks, pens, and a hovering metal frame shelf on one side containing a mix of medical books and socio-political and history books on their city's system of heroes and villains. "So you're my roommate," she intoned the second the girl entered the doorway. Meeting her eye for a second, Tarja turned back to her task. "I've requested a room change already so we might both end up on our own. However, let's get along until then. You're name?"