Able felt quite at home suddenly.  The room was cozy, and full of friendly older people, who reminded him immediately of half forgotten aunts and uncles at a family gathering or something of the sort.  Thinking of his fellow students as cousins made them less intimidating, too.  They didn't know each other, but they were all connected by something.  Not blood relation, maybe, but something very real all the same.  

"Thank you, Doctor," Able said, quietly, giving him a warm smile as he passed by on his way to the stairs.  A full exploration would wait until he had eaten, but he wouldn't feel properly comfortable until he had dropped his stuff off in a safe(he hoped) place.  

He was halfway up the stairs when he turned back, noticing he was the only one going up already.  

"I guess no one else cares if the best rooms are taken?"