It was the teenager's turn to raise a brow. Yeah, it was unexpected, but he didn't find it that weird. "What, did you think we were gonna kill each other or something?" 'Kill' being hyperbolic of course. "Sometimes I wanna punch the guy, but he probably wants to deck me too. I'd rather stay with him than Mustang." The commons were obviously a choice, as well as getting his own place, but he was convinced that someone needed to keep an eye on the guy with how lonely he seemed.

"The cats. I know the pokemon are from somewhere else, but I thought you picked up the cats in Riverview." They seemed to gravitate towards him more than their actual caretaker for some reason. It was usually just a minor inconvenience, but since they were cats there were still times where he got frustrated with them. "I'm kind of surprised this place isn't crawling with them."