Kosuke smiled up at the big man. "Well I guess I can be gratefully for that. He seems like someone who works a lot. Rest will be good for him."<br/><br/>A thought occurred to Crowley and he looked down at the boy. "Do you have a place to stay yet?" he asked.<br/><br/>Kosuke smiled up at him sheepishly. "Well, not exactly. I never really got around to that; so much has been happening lately."<br/><br/>The big man chuckled, "I'd offer you a bed in the barracks, but I don't suppose you'd enjoy sleeping in one room with a bunch of sweaty, snoring soldiers."<br/><br/>Another big soldier had fallen in line beside them and spoke up, "We'd be glad to have you though," he said. "You're pretty much a hero to this town." He gave the boy a pat on the back which very near sent him tumbling. "Oops, sorry," he said with a chuckle. "Kind of a scrawny lad aren't you? But that's common among magic folks I guess."<br/><br/>The healer steadied himself and offered the soldier a slightly flustered smile. "I suppose," he said. "Honestly," he said, turning to look back up a Crowley, "I'd be grateful for any place to stay."<br/><br/>"Then it's settled!" the other soldier exclaimed. "My name's Alaster by the way. Lot o' rumors are spreading around town about you, but your name ain't one o' them." He looked down at the boy pointedly.<br/><br/>"It's Kosuke," he said, "Kosuke Ataru."<br/><br/>"Kosuke huh?" He asked, putting an arm around the boy's shoulder. "It's kinda hard to say ain't it?"<br/><br/>"Is it?" Kosuke asked.<br/><br/>He got to know a few of the other soldiers and they lead him back to the barracks. They had an extra bed for him. It wasn't quite as comfortable as the beds in the healing ward, but it was very inviting to the boy's exhausted frame. Somehow he managed to fall asleep over the rumbling collective snores of the soldiers.