User blog comment:HoundTheDestroyer93/Ask The Jaghunds/@comment-28358106-20180105174812/@comment-28358106-20180106052943

There is the sound of internal activity and of approaching footsteps, the pacing and timbre of which Marcus immediately recognizes as belonging to Regina. The locks amd handle rattle, the door swinging in to reveal her surprised face.

"Marcus!" She exclaims, with a smile of trepidation, "This is unexpected!  What are you doing all the way out here?" She steps aside, gesturing. "Come in, please!  Can I get you anything?"

She leads him the few steps into the boot room but doesn't offer to take his coat right away, as she is by now familiar with his brief visits.