It took a moment for Tao to notice Ashley. Blinking he looked to her slowly. "Do I?" he uttered before looking back to his cookies. He had slowly, absently, eaten all but the zebra shaped ones, which had been the majority of this packet. Sat there a moment and sipped his tea, now aware how lost in his thoughts he'd been. "...should've been eight last week." the words were said more to himself as his attention once more was focused on the visiting girl.<br/><br/>With a deep breath and heavy sigh he wiped at his face as he looked to the cookies. Frowning slightly he got up, paper cup of tea in hand, and started back toward his room.