Interest perked, he sat up. "Who is this him?" There were so many possibilities, and one William was afraid to hear. He wouldn't know how to react if Angel was one of ... the people like his father's brother. Memories of visits had his mind veering away. Nothing had ever happened of course, nothing serious, but it had been enough to make him always wary. Already thinking of such things had him leaning away, seeking more distance between his roomate and himself.

To think, they had just begun to be civil with each other.