Halcyon took the plate without looking up, balancing it in her single free hand.  "Thankyoucaptain."  She didn't actually seem to realize that Adam was just another rigger on the ship.  Then again she didn't necessarily know anyone's names either.<br/><br/>She glanced sidelong at Elke, and set the Toy in her lap, and began to eat, sparingly, separating the food onto their own sections of the plate and organizing it carefully before taking small, neat bites.  She moved only once, so that Elke could slip past her; she glanced at the walls as someone adjusted the ship's trajectories and delta-v.  Then she slowly finished her meal, perfectly content with the serenity and intense noises of the engine, even Elke's cursing attempts to make the engine behave properly.<br/><br/>Anything was better than being inside the vast electromagnetic field where, some eons from now, stars and planets would be birthed.<br/><br/>