Zouichi, of course, didn't have the benefit of being able to pick up the surface thoughts of others, though he probably could have picked up some sound Allenby had made. Well. If he'd been a little less distracted, that was.

"Just let me finish up, and we can leave from here. It should only take a minute or two." Some deft rearranging and cleaning of kitchen utensils, that was all. And then they could... perform their investigation into the comparative tastiness of lunches.

He glanced over at her in the midst of rinsing out a pan. "Ah, yes. How much have you heard about our latest glorious mission?"