The day had progressed much closer toward the evening when the door to the dorm Lori was placed in opened once more, and a slightly taller man than who had been there before showed up. Hugh's sweater didn't reach quite low enough, and thusly some of his "skin" was showing from between his belt and it. After closing the door behind himself he took a long look around the room, letting out a contemplative hum at the amount of people present. Ed hadn't shown up. Well, he had a habit of coming and going as he pleased. One of that kind of folk. A good connection to have at times, but of course that wasn't exactly why Hugh was so familiar with him. "Hi Lori", he greeted the one occupant of the room, starting to unpack his things now that he was getting ready to call it a day. The huge water bottle that he'd packed with him this morning was once again empty, but now it clearly had traces of water inside itself. Some gym clothes came and went, but none of those looked like they would really have been used, all rather dry all things considered.<br/><br/>As he finished putting his things away, he took a look at what Lori had in her hands. "Oh, you got yourself a copy. That's great, I don't have to break out my probably outdated one", he commented on his earlier promise, nodding contently mostly to himself. "The maps would be about right, but there's been changes to the curriculum and all. Not much of a difference for me, what with all those of my disposition pretty much always being signed up for what now even more people have to be part of", he commented, wondering if she had actually heard the news yet. Well it wasn't like she wouldn't know what it was all about. She had had the first classes of said subject before her already, so everything would have been revealed. "I guess you've grown used to seeing more unusual people around lately?" he inquired now that he was at it, though he was soon dusting off his hands and preparing to jump for his bunk if she wasn't going to be making for much conversation. And even if she was, there wasn't really much to be stopping him from doing that either, unless she happened to be asking what kind of a creature he was.<br/><br/>Well, Hugh had a few ways he could answer to that question, and he imagined just letting the colour drain into his core would not be the optimal way. Baring her chest to show the pulsing organ pulling in all of it would be more thorough, but he didn't know if that was really smart either. He'd have to ask, he supposed. "Oh yeah, the Lawrences told me you had met them both early today. Fancy how quick you meet all my friends", Hugh chuckled. Of course, saying they were all was a little hyperbole, he wasn't quite that lonely a person, but Lawrence & Lawrence were definitely the ones he was closest to in this place, if one disregarded shorter flings he might have to live with when the Thirst struck him. And he wasn't doing it with those two, the risk of it getting awkward was too high. Sure, his body was malleable, but he was still the same old Hugh. And they spent a whole lot of time with him, so they would know better than anyone.