[ The tea is steeped to bring out its flavour but not to make it overly bitter; a timing he's perfected from years of making tea for others. He lets the silence settle between them while he takes a draught of his own drink - similarly bad at small talk, the two of them. ]
It's no problem.
[ Now that the formality is done, he's once again at a loss as what to say. Scouring his mind for a few moments brings up a question, though it sounds oddly bland in the light of the conversation they just had. ]
Where will you be staying for this period of time?
[ It is, again, a question of courtesy more than anything else. If something happens and they need to be dispatched together, he should at least know a meeting point. ]
no subject
It's no problem.
[ Now that the formality is done, he's once again at a loss as what to say. Scouring his mind for a few moments brings up a question, though it sounds oddly bland in the light of the conversation they just had. ]
Where will you be staying for this period of time?
[ It is, again, a question of courtesy more than anything else. If something happens and they need to be dispatched together, he should at least know a meeting point. ]