IC: Carter looks at Ike, and then at Ideruba, and then back at Lauren. “Pleased to meet both of you. That’s fine…it doesn’t matter to me unless you spike me by accident.”
He falls silent, drinking some of the cocoa experimentally and hissing. “It’s hot. Ah well, my own fault I suppose.” He hoists up his book in one hand, flipping through it while he watches them.
Carter looks at Lily and blinks. “So like me?” He laughs weakly, and then coughs.
Lauren drinks more of her cocoa, trying to think of something to say. It looks like he has a sketchbook. Should I ask about that? Should I say something else about the snow? Karz, what do I say?
IC: Carter grimaces as he looks down at the hot chocolate, eying it like one would eye a loose cobra. “I typically am not a sociable person but I had a free weekend and I needed to…take my mind off of things. I supposed being around others, even if i am just watching them, could have helped.”
He sips the chocolate and nods at her. “So that is why I’m here.”