With Mikoto back at his side, Arch ran his hand over her leg with affection, before turning his attention to his meal. He turned his gaze next on Bry, deciding it was worthwhile to get to know her while Elric talked with Mikoto. Not merely an exercise in politeness, Arch was genuinely interested in her, and the way she and Mikoto had seemed to return from the bathroom as more than acquaintances.<br/><br/>"How did you enjoy Australia?" he asked, "I travel on business from time to time, though I find I have too little free time to enjoy it."<br/><br/>He was already cutting into his tenderloin, causally guaging the chef without meeting him. Impressive, perhaps under-appreciated, he'd guess, with a liking for fine-cuts of meat. The kind of man who might visit his butcher personally? He liked that kind of chef.<br/><br/>Talk of australia was interesting, though he found Australia to be too hot for his liking. Arch had always been a great lover of snow, and ice, of mountains and looking out on a white and frigid landscape from the comfort of a mountain chalet. Something he'd spent enough time in his youth doing to miss, but not enough to abandon as a fancy of youth.