"Mm, though I'm not sure where," Raju says, takes a drink of his tea, and settles in to keep Fitzjames entertained until Francis comes back. It's odd to make smalltalk this way, or maybe odd because it isn't; it's been so long, and it's a little surprising to find he doesn't mind it. He'd been good at it before, but that'd always been necessary, making himself known to important people for important reasons.

It's good to speak to Fitzjames, too, the first time they're really getting to without the mutually familiar presence of Francis between them to keep things easy. Other than that cave, of course, but it hardly counts. Fitzjames may not feel the same... well, web of obligation, maybe, tying them together through Francis as Raju does, but Raju wants to get to know him. Without all that honesty forced between them, this time. Polite and casual, the way these things should be.