Yakov just let the discomfort on Megumi's face let by, if she was not happy with something she should just say so. He wondered what bothered her but he was both to well-behaved and preoccupation with the task at hand to pry into it. Instead he hoped that the boring but attention-requiring task at the hand would occupy her mind so she wouldn't have time to think about anything else.

The work went on and some hour and half later the things were all checked, everything was there and the major cloud let a slight sound of relief before saying: "Well that is all for now Attache Wolfbane. How about we treat ourselves to a meal in the cafeteria as a reward for the work?" He was planing to sue the fact that knew most of the crew of "Istria", since the ship was once operating from the same base he was stationed at, to get one of the chiefs in the cafeteria to get some special desert or food out so this Attache that he was with would open up to him. But first he would need her to accept the invitation ...