Riley was certainly coming to understand it, there were pros and cons to wherever one grew up-- and that included little places like Saintsmourn with the haze of fog and the chill that managed to creep just underneath the sweater. The tea though was helping to warm him, as well as the unexpected company which was.. surprisingly pleasant? He had not expected this when he had initially turned down the invitation to coffee.

This was not really a coffee date though, a haphazard meeting drawn on by the breeze of serendipity.

But Perhaps there were no mistakes here in this moment. He picked up the bearclaw and chewed, though still aware that Liam was watching him. He should not feel so self-conscious eating a pastry in front of a man who had no rights to look that good and yet here he was. Double panic because he was not 'supposed' to feel anything about it in particular. "The area I have explored a little bit, and I intend on doing more so.. I am a bit of a rural explorer you could say." him and his old man walks through the country when the entire dorm was in classes.

"I think that I shall probably be here through the term and the next-- I unfortunately do not have a five year plan, if that is what you are asking>' A laugh then, taking another bite of the pastry. "What do you do around here? I mean job wise?"