Alexanda had gotten up from the table after her soup while the conversation had still been on the topic of the food with Light and Wayne stuffing their faces. She thought she might have figured out the reason for the organization's focus on catering - it clearly made some of the recruits they needed stay at the place, and it kept them happy. Returning with some beef stew and some potato purée as well as sliced buttered vegetables on the sides, she noticed a new arrival who had not been with them during the tour. She gave young blonde woman a light smile and a nod as she sat back down, assuming that she was another recruit with superhuman abilities.

She was pleasantly surprise at Wu's gesture of bringing over a pot of tea and laying out the cups. "Oh, that is very thoughtful of you. Thank you."

While she poured herself some tea, she began to notice the silence which had fallen among her new acquaintances broken only by the occasional audible chewing of food or chiming of cutlery. She was used to the blaring of the television during her usual dinners with Daniel. Even her reticent little brother talked to her sometimes. Deciding to start some sort of conversation, she brought up one of the more common topics used to break the ice.

"So, uh... I'm in the metal sculpting business. What do the rest of you do?"

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