[ good point, though there have been times when she's found herself regretting that she never bothered to properly learn. perhaps she'll make a point to here. ]

There's not much to discuss. Not much that would fall into that grey area between what agrees with protocol and what doesn't. Though I suppose said protocol has yet to be put into place in your time.

[ her attention wanders for a moment from him to the coffee machine as the machine lets out a hiss, followed by an all too familiar scent. it disarms her a bit, melting away some of her harder edges. ] Is that coffee? Real coffee? [ as in brewed from coffee grounds and not a synthesized replication? ]