"You have to pay to be here?" That's something he hadn't considered, and that with Evan's insistence that he wasn't involved with anyone, let alone the man he shared a space with, makes him feel oddly better about everything, though Meallan tried to remind himself that it wasn't really any of his business. It shouldn't matter if Evan was or wasn't seeing anyone, not when this is his world and he would be within his right to continue his life and forget all about ALASTAIR and the Audentes.

Still, he can't shake the little flicker of happiness at the denial.

"What do you do here, if you don't mind my asking?" he says, curious now that the light is on and taking a look around the other man's space. "You're paying to live here and learn... magic?"