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Next thing she knew she was holding a plate. Looking down at it she blinked once before walking over to the little kitchen area, leaning against a counter, ankles crossed. Picking up a fork that was already set out she poked around at her food a moment. "Bionic technology of that level was still in its infancy then and no one knew how to say no to some people. Everyone thought that it was the greatest thing ever...well no need to tell you that, you were there for it all."

She was quiet a moment before she smiled again. "You've grown to like that term, haven't you? I use it once and the whole Fleet takes to it. Of course that's because Erik can't keep his mouth shut."

Jelena blinked. "Or it can be extremely easy to wake up and know that part of you isn't really you. All depends on how you go about things and your thinking and the like. I mean, I know I have no room to talk seeing as I'm still all human when you exclude the nanomachines, but...I still like to put my two cents in."

She offered him a smile and then looked down to her plate, which was actually half cleared by now. Apparently she had been doing that zone eating again, she'd eat and wouldn't even be aware of it. But with attention brought back to it, all was well. "Oh, you did. Haven't had anything this good in a long time...breakfast for me is usually prepackaged or a day old." Jelena shrugged as if that didn't at all bother her.

She was easily finishing off her own food at her own pace. Heck, she didn't know when she was going to get a good meal again so might as well savor it a little. "Other than that it was my usual rounds, feedings and the like, physical checks on individual Echoes. But the main thing was the DNA structuring I was doing that is giving me a headache." Another pause for a few more bites. "Not to mention I have to check vitals on those in the vats and then I need to put some things into MISSED...and update an OODDS disk or two, then I thought I would let myself take a breath before I pass out."

"Well...only I work on DNA, it's a thing...and MISSED. I know it may sound a little untrusting of me to make things that way...but you know how much scrutiny Echo is under. I prefer the less amount of people knowing what I'm doing the better. Even the people I let get close to me. Never know when something bad may come from that information getting out."

That was usually a hitch in most of her relationships...men thought that she couldn't give them a scrap of trust. But this was her life's work and she had her rights to be this way about it. At least she thought so. "I know you want to help and are just trying to free up my time..." Apologetic tone to it.

"Erik threatened to sedate me earlier for forty-eight hours." A smile at that, showing that Erik was doing the same as James was, telling her that she was trying to do too much too fast and all on her own. Wasn't healthy. And yes, she knew that but she just thought if she slacked, she'd be taking two steps back in her work.

"But alright, I'll let you run my rounds on the Echos as well as feeding. Make sure you check the Variants over throughly...you may want to take something that smells like me with you though. Makes them more approachable." She gave him another smile, pushing up off the counter. "And there are no screw ups, there's either succeed or fail in this work."

"I knew it you're both out to get me. One of these days I'm going to let my guard down and I'm going to find myself restrained to a bed and being sedated constantly to keep me down." Though she blinked at him as he lifted her chin, that serious look playing out over his face as it often did. Damn him and his valid very well stated point. "I know..." It was said softly as if she really didn't want to say it at all.

Again, damn him and his well stated points. "I can at least try." That was about as close to a 'yes, you can help in any way you want with the project' as he was getting. Secretive in her nature about the project, she wasn't going to give a definite yes answer, even to him.

Though she was a bit surprised when he kissed her, letting his hand play through her hair. Not something she was used to, outright affection that is. Truth be told she didn't date much and the ones that she did date...well a lot of them had lost any sense of affection.

Jelena laughed though. "You have to get through the first one James to get to the second one." Of course she was going to poke at him. "Do you really have to scream at Rennell over that thing? I think he's scared enough as it is...I would be."

"Appointment whores, all of you in Metamorphosis. But I know what you're going to say and I know how important those appointments are. I'm just poking." With a nod she walked out of his room taking to the halls once more.

Though she shoved her hands in her pockets after making an adjustment to her OODDS and then shrugged lightly. "True, being scared and 'forgetting' seem to be a rather fond pair of each other I suppose."