As astounding as the truth of the establishment had been, the words pouring out of the girl's mouth were even more baffling. And concerning. How could someone, how could anyone, come around to embracing this place in any such way. Everything (which was frankly not a whole lot) that he had found out did little to endear him to this place.

His own attitude of disliking everything not withstanding.

Her explanation only further served to annoy him. Here she was, talking about apartments and money. Why weren't they actively trying to get out of here? His eye twitched right up until she provided the aforementioned sample, which drew his attention away from her. And finally managed to get it all out of him in the form of a long suffering sigh.

"It's pathetic that this is the most information I've gotten thus far." He muttered dryly, and mostly to himself. Not helping was the realization that it had been some time since he had anything to eat. And that cake was looking...tempting. "Just to be clear, I won't owe you anything for this slice, correct?"

Ever the charmer.