"Then I am glad to have you in my life," Alcuin said. Then he sighed softly and said, "And you may not actually want to know this, but as for life in general... I'm graduating at the end of this semester and have no idea what I want to do with my life. And I'm, I don't know, lonely. Hannibal is distant, lately. I don't know, I'm just feeling a bit aimless. So there you are." He smiled up at him a bit sheepishly.