It is Kit who answers the door, albeit only after a lengthy pause and some muted conversation from the other side of the door. For a brief moment when he cracks the door open, only one dark, assessing eye is visible. Then he seems to relax, flips the latch, and pulls the door open more fully.

"Room in front of the hearth, anyway," he says, then glances over his shoulder once as though to verify with Ben that yes, this is still the case.