[To be honest, there is something ever-so-slightly tempting about Gepard offering the roommates thing. He'd have a place to go that has better than aggressively mediocre amenities, the safety of living under the same roof as a relatively powerful man. But it would make it harder to run his scams literally right under the nose of the Silvermane guard captain, even if he spent decent chunks of time out of the house.]

[And there's the only one bedroom thing. While Sampo has slept on worse than a couch-- his Underworld safehouse is objectively worse and more concerning than his Overworld one-- he can get why Gepard wouldn't be comfortable with shacking him up in the living room while he sleeps in a bed. And as for splitting the bed, well. You don't share a bed with your buddies, and Gepard isn't going to be upgrading his new acquaintance to live-in fuckbuddy any time soon.]

[That's probably just called a sugar baby, actually. Might not be the worst job, being Gepard Landau's sugar baby. Sampo has heard that the Landau family is pretty much top dog on this little backwater planet, and there are worse things in life than paying for room and board with your ass. Gepard's easy on the eyes! Just also not interested in asses if they're attached to men.]

It's a generous offer! But your pal Figaro lives a bachelor's lifestyle. You'd get annoyed with me coming and going at all hours.

[So they'll stay acquaintance-friends. A perfectly fine thing for them to be! Nothing wrong with recognizing a good thing and keeping it as it is.]

This way, I only bother you when I'm sneaking into your place! [Like a stray tomcat.] You should make a habit of leaving a window open for me so I don't have to keep picking the lock.