Gor's shoulders sagged slightly in response, as though he had heard unwelcome news. Still, he nodded, having expected Slav to say as much... Slav, after all, was easily distracted -- but he was more practical in his laid-back ways than either Gor or Nik were when they decided to be stubborn. In that way, the Middlest was much like Ios...
"Yeah," he said, though it sounded a little lame. "I guess so." But he had known that it was coming, and he even secretly welcomed it.
"I don't know what the rooms are like down there," he confessed, having skipped the grand tour arranged by staff. "But if we're not roomies..." Gor hesitated, then said, "I-I'm still rooming next door."