Edward squeezed Mello's hand as he shook it, mindful not to use too much pressure. At least he seemed pleasant, which was a plus anyway since he couldn't say he'd interacted with a single pleasant person since coming to this damned town. He managed a bit of a smile and, well, it wasn't that hard since the other blonde wasn't exactly hard to look at; that was a thought he quickly smothered, though and just turned to see what Mello was looking at.

Those stupid prinnies. Did they really think they were hidden? Well, two of them anyway. He couldn't see the third, but he also didn't really care either. "Forget them, they've been following me around since I got here." He turned back to Mello and, remembering what he'd said about the locals apparently being uptight about taking the journals apart, replied, "Yeah. Should we head up to my room?"