"....indeed." Hal replied.

"I shall, in fact, not begin work on this until I know for certain as to whether or not he wishes to do this." he told her.

He then thought for a moment.

"Shall I call him up here?" he asked.

"Or would you rather discuss it with him privately?" he asked further.

"If the latter, I can have someone escort you to his dorm, as that's where he tends to spend a good portion of the day." he offered.

Hal nodded with a light chuckle.

"Of course." he replied.

With that, he paged an agent to the office, and it just happened to be Zeke.

"Zeke, would you mind showing MIss Calder to Jenkins' dorm?" Hal asked.

"She has some business with him." he said.

"Yeah, sure." Zeke replied.

"You ready to go?" he asked Kalin.

"I have nothing else." Hal told her. "If you're good to go, then go."

"Bye for now." Hal responded, as Zeke and Kalin left the office, shutting the door behind them.

"So." Zeke said.

"You're here to see Christopher Jenkins." he commented.

"I tell you, you'd never know he was the same person that people knew." he told her.

"He's meek and agreeable, but he really seems to have a guilt complex." he went on.

"...well... he did, until recently." he then clarified.

"Seems like he's starting to finally come out of that shell of his."

Zeke just sighed.

"I've heard tidbits about that." he said.

"I... to be honest, it sounds like it's going to be stressful... to massively understate it." he commented.

"But I hope it goes better than expected." he told her further.

"But yeah, seems like he's a different person, in the best way possible." he reiterated. "Granted, it's been slipping out, like through cracks, but it's showing itself." he reasoned, as they got to the dorms.

"All right, we're here." he told her.

"He's in dorm 12." he said.

"Good luck with whatever you're discussing with him." he finished.

There was silence on the other side of the door at first, before it slowly opened, and Chris peeked his head out.

"...." he was silent as he witnessed Kalin, before opening it more.

"Oh, hello Miss Kalin." he greeted her.

"I didn't expect to see you here." he admitted.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"...am I in trouble?" he then asked her, concern evident in his tone.

Chris just nodded.

"Yeah, sure." he replied.

He then stepped aside and opened the door even further so she could enter.

"Come in." he offered.

Kalin went into the dorm, and inside it was rather... sporadic and sparse. There wasn't much in the form of decoration, and he had very little belongings. It stood to reason, as he wasn't used to really having anything material for himself.

But it looked a little lived-in, anyway. Some clothing was strewn about, a few dishes needed to be done. It looked like an average dorm, if a little bland.

"What is it?" he asked her.

"Something about my appointments?"

"Moving?" Chris asked.

"Well... I mean, it was never my intention to just stay here at the Unit forever." he told her.

"But... where can I go?" he asked.

"Because of my weird DNA and mana, it seems impossible to hide what I am from the world. Finding a place is going to be impossible until then." he said further, before pausing.

"...wait." he muttered.

"You wouldn't ask something like that unless you had something in mind." he realised.

"What do you suggest?" he asked her.

"......" Chris was silent, before sighing.

"Yeah." he said.

"There were times where she missed me by... minutes." he told her.

"And he says I'm improving? That's... that's good." he then said with a small smile.

"Also, come with you to Canada?" he asked her.

"I mean, it'd be a change of scenery, and I would be out of the Unit's way..." he reasoned.

"But where in Canada?" he asked, before pausing.

"...wait... what, exactly do you mean by 'come with you'?" he asked her.

Chris seemed genuinely stunned at the moment.

"With... with you?" he asked.

"You... you would open up your home to ME?" he asked her.

"I... I..." he stammered further, before shaking his head.

"I don't know what to say." he said.

"I mean... such an offer is extremely appreciated." he went on.

"And... if you're truly serious, then... then yes, I will take you up on your offer."

Chris just bit his lip as she said the last part.

"I know." he replied.

"....I don't want to die." he then said, seemingly changing the subject in a jarring and depressive manner.

"But... if your sister comes at me and DOES kill me... I wouldn't blame her." he told her.

"I don't know what's going to happen when we inevitably meet, but... if she reacts violently, and I die as a result, just know that... I don't blame her." he said further.

This may have seemed irrelevant and a non-sequiteur, but Kalin knew what he was saying. He was prepared to deal with whatever came his way in life, when he ended up in Canada with her.