Pen Pen, for his part, has found a comfortable enough spot on the floor to have a nice, long snooze through the night, his emotions far less fraught than those of any of the humans in the room. Ah, a blissful life... He lifts his head up a bit when that apology reaches his ears, but settles back down fairly quick once it's clear he's not actually being called for. Please, though, do not keep him waiting for too long.

Shinji gives the bird a faintly troubled look - are you hanging in there okay, Pen Pen? - before finally moving to re-examine the pouch he'd found the money in the night before. Can he get another night's stay here out of this? Let's see...

"You two got these bags too, right?" He hadn't seen for sure, but the way the receptionist had spoken made it sound like this was a Standard Feature for newbies.