He takes a glance at her reading and nods in some slight interest. Roland leans slightly against her arm to nudge her back, careful not to spill either of their cups.

"Hm. A mining town, eh? With biographies, too. A treat." Roland peers at the back of the magazine with a careful tilt of his head, reading what he can and what isn't obscured. He straightens up and sips from his blackened tea. "You're getting an inside look into a whole other community. That's always the best kind of research, I say."

And it's admirable in a way, to remain dedicated to it even through all the missions they have to go through time and time again. He doesn't discourage it at all, and leaves the air between them free for Nita to poke him with findings as she reads. His company is easygoing as it can be, between offering an ear to listen or conversation to be had if that's what she so chose.