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“…No offence intended, but you don’t look like a Zachary.” He replied cautiously. “… or did you mean Last name?”

He considered for a long moment, silent pair the two of them between his thoughtful moments and her staring.

”Why not.” He said at last. After all, Lyra had it, and he preferred this ‘extended family’ to his own by leaps and bounds, well for the most part at any rate.

“You’ll need a first name though, Zac is not up for the taking sorry.” He gave a soft chuckle and fished out some cheese and crackers, setting them on the counter beside her and grabbing the kettle just as it started to whistle, finishing the preparations of tea while he let her nibble at cold cheese and crackers before he swept back to the fridge and added some salami slices for a little more variety.

“This building has apartments, if you’re alright living in one, we can set you up a floor or so down from this one. I ‘run’ the building, but if you find yourself giving me a headache you’ll be one of those doing maintenance.” He gave a wicked grin at that warning and poured her a cup of hot tea.

“Try it first, then we can decide what you’d like to add to it.”

The face he made as she sugared her tea was somewhere between stricken and resigned. More so perhaps at the amoung of sugar she added to the brew to make it palatable. He decided he was going to have to lay in a small stock of generic ‘cola’ for visitors so his tea wouldn’t be barbarized quite so often, just from that moment.

Perhaps he would even name it after her.

“Fine, Dani Bantock it is then, if anyone asks…well, I suppose cousins or something of the sort, just met because of… old, Christmas letters.” He fumbled and waved a hand. “None with pictures and you happened to be in town, decided you like the city here, transferred schools.”

He waved his hand as though to say he would come up with something far better to explain her background, or rather to help explain it, since she’d have to remember it after all.

“I’ll keep in mind the toothbrush thing.” He said and offered a wicked grin.

“Right this way.” He smiled and nodded, finding the master keys and leading her to one of the nice apartments. He was glad they had basic furniture, they’d have to work on the rest.

“I’ll bring you some sheets, things that will make this more… comfortable. I’ll help you order things up from a web page or two later.