"Damn." Constans let that end it, but honestly he was a pretty disappointed. He'd probably wind up having to study with some creepy geezer.
"Well, I want to study herbalism, so I can do that with you at least." He pushed himself up off the bed and lifted the lid of one of the trunks at the foot of his own bunk, dropping the little sack of treats Lee gave him inside. He closed his footlocker pretty rapidly, but it was easy for Lee to see from her vantage point that aside from the bag it was empty. Hadn't he even brought anything from home? It wasn't as though he was a poor child who'd had nothing to bring.
"Since you said you've got time, do you think you could show me around? We could go see the kitchens, like you said. I haven't been off the first floor."