The pat on the back broke Drew out of his daydreaming about the ship.  Despite responding to Lex, he'd almost forgotten there was an entire crew he was making himself out to be a little kid in front of.  He looked back at Rose and laughed, [b]"I think I've got a tiny bit more respect for myself than to let that happen."[/b]  Drew continued talking to Rose as Lex lead them toward the airlock, [b]"It's just, when most your actual experience is in civilian craft and the shit that black market dealers parade themselves around in, well, a state of the art ship with upgrades like this?  Seventh heaven for someone like me."[/b]

As they entered the bridge, Drew forced himself to remain composed.  It was small, but all the bells and whistles were there, and then some.  The AI spoke up and Drew took note of it's name.  Eve was sure to be useful in the future.  After being given leave, Drew nodded a farewell to Rose as he exited the bridge, knowing the man would likely be staying there were they to take off soon.

Drew always found that the best way to learn something was through experience, and though they had an on-board AI, he figured the ship's layout would be easier to figure out if he were to just explore it on his own rather than ask.  Everything looked in great condition, and the first level, for the most part was so in-order that he figured that besides briefings, there wasn't going to be a ton for him to do up here besides the old, "fix this thing!" that would inevitably come up.  The armory was up here, and while weapon maintenance wasn't beyond him, he also figured someone else could do just as well.  And if they wanted something modded, they'd probably just come to engineering and talk.

As he passed the medical lab, he heard the familiar hum of machinery.  He peeked his head in to see their resident geneticist talking at and typing into the datapad on his arm.  Drew took a second to consider entering.  The guy looked like he was keeping himself pretty busy, but on the other hand, Drew hadn't taken the time to get to know anybody yet.  He took a step in as he looked around the room, [b]"Getting an early start, huh? I was just taking a look around, myself."[/b]  He looked toward the Chimera that had been following the doctor around like a shadow, [b]"He friendly?"[/b] Drew asked before going any further.