[It could be said Kaveh condemned himself to be seen too much by Alhaitham the day he dared approach him in the House of Daena. What else was he, a man who seeks to know simply for the sake of holding knowledge, meant to do when someone as paradoxically false and sincere as Kaveh decided to walk into his life? And in his years of solving the puzzle known as Kaveh though shared meals, shared arguments, shared growth, Alhaitham ceded too much of himself in turn.

He hums, a sound that hovers in the middle between affirmation and inevitability. There's nothing wrong with being an architect. Kaveh could make himself into anything he wanted. His nature will make him walk the same path over again as if the choice wasn't there at all.

Alhaitham scoops the book in his hand just before stands.] You might as well see it.

[The apartment he's staying in.] Since I'm sure you'll need to know. I wasn't picking through them before I decided, but it has two bedrooms.

[It's not an offer in the same way that Kaveh would never ask. Alhaitham has no rationale to argue except that they were roommates in Sumeru, and so could be roommates again. The details of which are too vulnerable to admit. So he'll leave Kaveh to make the choice based on conjecture alone.]