Edward’s brow twitched as the officer began to lecture him about the value of the plants. This man was treating him as if he where some sort of moron when it came to botany, lecturing him on the basic functions on photosynthesis and different germination cycles of plant growth. His face rolled to a rather vacant expression as he listened to the cop ramble on in his small surge of power, his ‘sir’ tacked onto the end of his rant, as if it was meant to mask any sort of verbal abrasions that may have been subtly put forth. Edward brushed it off, why conflict with this obviously power hungry VG, a Grub had more standing than him anyway, in fact, Edward himself probably had more security clearance in the whole but that was all moot, he had to at least pretend to be polite to the chap, there just wasn’t enough room in the colony for conflict.<br/><br/>“Sure.”<br/><br/>He shrugged, obviously growing a neutral demeanor against his ramble now; perhaps he was just having a bad day? Or lost someone in the accident? Edward cleared his head. “I’ll be sure not to touch them anymore, enjoy the rest of your night.” He recited the apology out with a mist of pretense, unable to contain that minute tinge of annoyance that was lingering on the back of his tongue. Making his to the counter finally where the events with the young woman were to unfold.<br/><br/><div align="center">----------</div><br/>Edward gave a humble nod as she snatched up the card, listening as she inquired about his free-time with a harmless question. “Hmm.” He thought, nearly forgetting his small quell moments before, though most of that argument was in his head. He wasn’t usually very open with strangers, but it was nice to have the human contact instead of A.I.<br/>“I Guess I’d love to bunk up in an Advanced Residence and work on research for SEBANT computers, as nerdy as that sounds.” He chuckled, giving her the subtle once over from behind his plastic rim glasses, more subconscious than anything. He stood by as she gathered a small ruck of pre-packaged foods, scooping it up from the counter with a pleased smile. “Wonderful, thank you.” He smiled politely, tucking the bag neatly under his elbow, cradling it against his side.<br/>“An how about yourself?” he asked, just as the woman’s attention was snatched away by another figure who was causing a small ruckus. Edward hovered back, watching the two of them converse, this new figure to the scene looking had an air of suspicious surrounding her, especially when she had voiced his name. How did she know who he was? Edward, from all accounts, hadn’t ever seen this young woman before in his life, perhaps she was an acquaintance from the University? He gave a small sigh to himself, what a night this was turning out to be; perhaps he would have been better off staying at work, or maybe he should just head out and get some sleep.<br/><br/>