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"Aw, that sounds like it was a cute yet horrifying thing. Though I am glad that it wasn't me. I probably would have locked him in something. I only didn't do that to Jessica because she could probably hurt me more than I could hurt her." But a tilt of her head and she gave a little smile. "Well I'm not going to pass up good company and expensive coffee so we're just going to have to deal with this all aren't we?"

"Just because she was there doesn't mean she knew you were taking those pictures too as opposed to others." However his grin did mimic her own in a way, but more boyish and probably less threatening. "I could be happy with copies. I'm at a serious disadvantage here, I need something or other on my side. That and I will say I am a tad curious to see what a fancy fancy Jelena looks like."

"Indeed, cute yet horrifying. We simply won't discuss some of the things I ended up in. Or with for that matter. I don't think Jessica considered the lack of engagements to go to." Watching him a moment she tilted her head in her common thinking gestures before a smirk of sorts. "Are we really just that weird of a couple? Then again I like to think of it as comfortable. Rejoice, you don't have to feed my reoccuring bottomless pit self this time. You can be lazy and eat just as much, isn't that exciting?"

He about squealed like a school girl as she slid the camera over and quite quickly took to flipping through photos, but resisting the urge to laugh out loud over it all. Which was really really hard. "Holy cow Jess. I can't believe you managed to talk her into this. You'd never know about her what with her frumpy casual scientist thing she has going on."

"Hey, it takes a lot of energy to run this brilliant mind of mine constantly. That means a lot of fuel." Smiling happily however as food and drink was brought to the table and she went straight for the coffee with a happy noise. Ah coffee. Screw everyone who told her to lay off of it, it was delicious and it made her pleasant. "Introverted? I think that sounds more like 'hiss stay away' more than impressive. It just proves that we can use a big word. And we're not supposed to be working so that means no big words and none of the crazy ideas swimming in our heads for new Echoes."

"I will have to remember this face and apply it as needed. Sometimes when you know the answer is no before you ask, but ask anyway, it's still just as disappointing. Careful, I may apply it to you." Quite gleefully getting into his own food. Running a MATU meant he ate a lot anyway. Bring on the large portions.

"It has nothing to do with detox. My brain has just been whirring lately and I'm going to have to indulge it soon before it starts giving me migraines out of vengence. Besides, I have some new things I want to try and what not." Watching him eat as per usual with a slight raise of an eyebrow. "You need to slow down as I'm sure we're expected to be here a while." Then a look at her own coffee. "It's like heaven in a cup...it may be keeping me up lately, but boy do I get a lot done."

"You're no fun. And I know, you just wait with baited breath for when inspection time rolls around. Though I may need to get a tune up for this soon anyway," a point to his eye, "Been a little fickle."

"And my mind immediately goes to thinking of a donut when you say dessert. Just proves that you can change the clothes but you can't change the woman." Rolling her eyes lightly at the both of them, hey as she said if she was going to have to do this, she might as well stuff her face with fancy food. "I'm a very efficent woman. And I can multitask. You are a lucky man, aren't you?"

"Okay maybe not the best thing to tell you over a dinner table. You're being creepy. Stop being creepy." Still working on his own food, more out of fear of choking than anything else. "But if I must say...the kind where the display been blinking out. Just the sound waves part. I can still see, somewhat. It just goes dim then that part goes off and it all comes back later."

"Yes, but there's a point where something just gets too fancy or too messy. Besides, there's something soul satifying about a donut. Especially if it's filled with something or other and topped with another something or other. And now I've really made myself want a donut..." Hm, when they got away from the dynamic plotting duo she was going to have to get one. And another cup of coffee. But she laughed lightly, shaking her head. "Aw, that's the nice way of saying 'the crazy one'. Flattery hm? I thought we were way past the need for flattery. It certinally isn't needed to get me in bed by this point, I do know that much."

Which meant pouting for him. "I know. I think I bonked my head...but I'm really not sure. Which probably means I did. You know me, I'm all accident prone. Then again, I'm going to blame James for his awful awful treatment of me. And you are being creepy. But in a caring kind of creepy way."

"Save for beauty is and always will be in the eye of the beholder and never concrete fact among the masses of knowledge." But okay, so this wasn't all bad and was rather nice. There was indeed a missing business overtone that seemed to usualy come with them but ignored by them and blaringly broadcasted to outside parties. Oh good lord she was enjoying a date date. "Now now, donuts are for walking and eating, not sitting and eating. Unless you have a box of them. We can get one later." Grinning at him across the table with quite the girlish look and less the eccentric scientist. Traitorous brain. "You know, I think I'm enjoying this."

"Er no...no. I think I'd rather deal with you than anything over there. Everytime I go through something for them I have nightmares for weeks. It's not pretty." But a laugh at her glancing. "That's creepy too. Not you watching, just them in general."