[i]Raising an eyebrow, Clark slowly smiled at Keepa’s greeting. His name rarely stayed the same for more than one meeting between the two of them, but he was sure they’d get recycled at some point. He didn’t particularly mind Keepa’s attempts at renaming him, accepting it was all in good fun. [/i]“While I’m sure some people would take great offense at your granting of me sainthood, I shall nevertheless accept,” [i]he said, taking the fact that the server had yet to man their station to bow his head to Keepa.

He might have greeted Katsuo when he raised his head, but it seemed like Keepa was dealing with the young male at the moment. Shrugging as Keepa proceeded to be Keepa, he grabbed a tray off the nearby stack and waved in greeting towards Ashita, though he didn’t expect much response. It wouldn’t have mattered if she had though because Clark was already looking away, having caught a glimpse of someone he thought was Aalis. 

Indeed he had, and he took note of the table the raven-haired girl sat at before turning and advancing his place in line. Now that the server was actually here it didn’t take long for Clark to get his lunch given the lack of students ahead of him. Granted there was one, or maybe two if Ashita counted, that should have been behind him, but Clark didn’t make a fuss of things. Thanking the lady over the counter as he loaded his tray with the food and some cutlery, he turned just in time to see and Catheryn gesture at herself and Helena. Given that Keepa had already replied across the cafeteria for “their” line, Clark instead just nodded solemnly before heading off to the aforementioned table.

Wandering over to the table that Aalis had claimed, Clark set his tray down on the other side of the table but off to the side so he wasn’t directly across from her.[/i] “Hey Aalis,” [i]he said in greeting as he took a seat and propped an elbow on the table, waiting for the others to arrive before he began to eat. He couldn’t say he really knew the other girl all that well. They’d probably have never met if it weren’t for the fact that they hung out with some of the same people. Speaking of the same people… Clark sighed a bit as he awaited the inevitable “nagging” that’d arrive with Catheryn. Maybe she wouldn't ask today or maybe with others around she'd wait for later, but from how shameless she could be at other times, Clark wasn't holding out too much hope for either. While he probably could have saved a bit of time by just pulling the BBG out, that probably would have looked a bit too resigned on his part. 

Turning to Keepa just as she finished “intimidating” a couple of students at another table, Clark raised a hand and gave the younger students a smile as a pacifying gesture.[/i] “I’m sure they were wonderfully intimidated by your ability to savage a sandwich wrapper,” [i]he remarked dryly, [/i]"but was that really necessary?"