Sten hadn't really thought that he'd get a response from him talking to himself, but he heard. "You and me both." and then chuckled a bit as he looked to the student sitting next to him with a small smile. He recognized the student from his class and remembered his name pretty quickly as Michael. Sten didn't really feel the need to respond to the statement. He really couldn't think of anything valuable to add to it. 

After the assembly ended, Sten left the auditorium and made his way to his room. Something huge was going to happen today in New Grounds, and he wanted to see everything. He also needed to join a guild. The changes to everything would make for possibly more desirable Kings, especially considering how some of them were previously. Then again, the colors tended to have a pattern, he just hoped it wasn't the same nasty cycle. He logged on quickly and entered the game to get on his favorite character ever: Solitary Watcher.

He quickly made his way from where he last logged out to his usual hunting grounds, but stopped partway when he saw an easily recognizable player. Even an introverted solo player like himself knew who it was: Grim Buccaneer. A joke of a player honestly, but still had some respect for being a player that had managed to not die. He calmly approached, he'd had the rare interaction with solo players like this one, and shouldn't really have much trouble talking. "Hey." He could tell already that the kid had been having a rough day. Watcher leaned against the wall of a nearby building. If any surprises happened he could easily escape by scaling the building and then using his camouflage. "Rough day, huh?"

He felt a bit odd initiating conversation, but things you're unused to tend to have a rough start.