Dominic had offered Max the bag of M&M's to be polite, for it'd have been rude if he'd simply taken his Snickers bar and left; Max was being cordial and since the two of them were the only people in the vicinity at the moment, there was no reason Dominic couldn't--and shouldn't--show the same form of courtesy in return. Though he'd been situated in Pax for nearly a month, Dominic hadn't exactly made anything more than acquaintances with others as of yet, if even that was a fair thing to say. True, he'd been consumed with making sure things looked in tip top shape within the walls of his own apartment, but he'd also been very busy with work.
Perhaps that would change tonight. Max seemed friendly enough, and anyone that wanted candy well after dinner time had to be something of a night owl, too. There was an undeniable amount of sugar inside of the colorful little spheres, and Max seemed intent on devouring what might as well have been the entire bag while the two of them stood there.
At least, that's what it looked like to Dominic. He'd barely torn off part of his Snickers wrapper and already Max had set himself to scarfing down M&M's at a rate usually reserved for famished peasants of old and toddlers during spaghetti lunchtimes. Dominic didn't want to offend Max by staring in a mixture of both shock and horror, so he forced himself to try and glance elsewhere, towards the elevator.
But he wasn't fast enough. With Max's warm smile came the sight of his teeth marked clearly by chocolate that had not yet been washed away with enough saliva or some other form of liquid. Dominic held back a comment about not talking with a mouthful of food and instead smiled back uncomfortably. Answering Max's question gave him something else to focus on (the candy was out of the question now, for Dominic knew for certain his Snickers bar would probably remain uneaten until he'd returned to his apartment).
"Oh, it's nice. I like living closer to work--it's why I moved here. Nothing beats saving a little on gas money, right?" He wondered for a split second if he was over-simplifying things. Sure, it wasn't a lie, but he'd also needed a new place to live, and there was the strange feeling of the Pax apartments being the right place. It was an uncanny notion, and not something Dominic failed to notice each day when he came home, or even when he left the building.
He didn't particularly want to ask Max a question while the mushroom clothed boy was still chewing, but maybe Max would wait to finish this time before responding. "Have you lived here long? I just moved in about a month ago."