Nap time. Check. [Vrenille smiles back at that, easy and unguarded. It doesn't matter right now whether Zoro means it to be literal or figurative. It's a meeting place, a coordinate, like what he says next.]

Your crew. My guild. They don't stop mattering even when we're here. And both a bit crazy sometimes. Once you're outta there, maybe we share a bottle sometime and you tell me 'bout them. [He'd like to hear. He'd like to share too. Two way street. But there's also no pressure--it's an invitation, in Zoro's own time. The way power is distributed in this city, Vrenille considers it more than fair if he wants to play some cards close to the vest for a while.

He's got to snort a laugh on the question about graduation though.] Literally nothing. Used to be there was no quota once you graduated. They give you a whole hundred bucks and they call you a "citizen" here, but it's a farce mostly. Any freedoms we gained have been chipped away by the Creator through the years.

Now each month I get some special sex "assignment" to do. [He raises one hand to make the scare quotes.] This month it was outercourse.