More than once, Henry had stayed over at Monmouth. Ronan and Adam spent a good deal of time at the Barns, and Blue was there a decent amount, but sometimes Maura got weird about her staying over too often, and Monmouth was too big for one person. Henry was always glad to fill the space. Gansey figured they would all end up in Monmouth together. Blue had stuff of hers there. At some point, it would start to make more sense for Henry to move in. It made him vaguely unhappy that Henry didn't live with them. It made him slightly more unhappy that Ronan had a lot to do with it.

But Gansey had seen Ronan's face, how he'd had to convince the boy so hard that everything was okay, and his doubt still lingered. Ronan was not in a state to share his space with someone that, to this Ronan, was a relative stranger. The time would come. Everything would align. Maybe it wouldn't even be magic; maybe Gansey would make it so himself. The thought put the touch of a smile at his lips.

"Come on," Gansey said, clasping Henry on the shoulder in an Aglionby-friendly sort of way. He didn't know what to say. He wasn't glad to be there, mostly because he hadn't had a say in the matter. "I've got a lot to learn." He would need to buy clothes, first -- probably in the next hour or so. "Is there a department store around here?" That would be perfect. Especially if they had a garden section. He could get two errands out of the way.

Which brought up another question: "What is transportation like here?" What if he had to take the bus? Gansey had never been on a bus before. And worse: how was he going to pay for it? How much of a mysterious stipend did he get? He was sure it was less than he was used to spending.