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Just as Lucia was about to stand up she saw Allan walk into the Mess with his hands in his pockets. Finishing standing up she nodded back to him in greeting, "Hey Allan," and smiled. She began to walk over to the pot when she heard his joke and giggled. When she reached the pot of gumbo she paused and looked back at the exchange between Ilia and Allan. As he ducked out of the room she said, "See you later."

She took the lid off the pot and stirred it, "It looks," she took a whiff, "and smells like it's nearly done. Do we need to do anything else to it? Or do we just wait until the rest of the crew gets here and serve?" While she waited for a response she began to arrange plates and dishes on the counter for later to save them the time of getting them out later.

As she set down a plate on the counter she received a message from Doc on her HUD. She paused for a minute to read it and responded with, "It'll be ready very soon. You could probably even make your way down now if you wanted to, we don't bite. Or I could just let you know exactly when it's done."