“Hm?” Edward responded absentmindedly as he tuned his spectacles on the bridge of his nose, wiping the fog of his daydream from his eyes. The officer’s commentary finally making its rounds through his brain’s circuitry before triggered a reply.<br/>“Oh, yes they are quite beautiful. One of the few treasures of Earth we have left.” He gave an undersized smile to the gentleman, his hands receding to the warm shelter of his pockets. “Just, making your evening rounds?” He asked, although it was quite the obvious question. Lately, Edward had been cooped up with artificial intelligence computers, making interaction with someone that actually had a pulse more than welcome.<br/><br/>Edward’s attention was broken once more as he was interrupted by the woman who was currently facilitating the agridome’s food distribution. He twisted, granting her a smile as his hand emerged from his stereotypical lab coat, giving her a wave, even though their proximity was fairly close. He absorbed her question, though slowly. The received input prompted a reaction that seemed to travel down the length of his spine right to his gut, which emitted a deep low rumble, along with a small twist of an ache. He had nearly forgotten he was hungry with all the commotion that was happening in the agidrome.<br/>“Actually, yes, I am here to get a basic, single person grocer package.” He affirmed, reaching into his back pocket to pull out his wallet which was thick from security access cards, which he was granted for his tasks around the colony. Clumsily he fumbled with the small synthetic leather fold, dropping it as the security cards spilled out like a game of fifty-two pickup.<br/>“Bullocks...” He cursed, kneeling down to scoop them off the hard tile floor, shuffling them back into random slots without any hint of organization.<br/><br/>He stood once more, giving a sigh of slight frustration before shaking it off and holding the ticket out to the woman. “Sorry, it’s been a long day.” He said, waiting for her to pluck of the ticket from him. At that moment the automatic doors made their familiar groan as they wheeled open mechanically, and he turned his head over his shoulder and commented: “Busy in here tonight.”<br/><br/><br/><br/>