She looked up when the sound of something crashing on his end was heard. And her eyes searched for the source in the hologram. It was a glass jar, one that had mixed fruits which she packed for him.
While they were talking, it had been sitting on table next to him, sealed but waiting to be eaten.
"Oh, your preserved fruits, what a loss." she said with disappointment.
Her heart always when ached when the slightest food was wasted and this was no different. That glass jar of preserved fruits could survive for ten years. And if it was in her storage space, it could survive for eternity.
"What happened?" she asked him.
Esong opened a button of his shirt, sighed and replied, "There was some turbulence."
Turbulence, Scarlet thought, wasn't the sky station immobile? Confusing as it was, she did not dwell on the matter.
"What do you think, is he blackmailing them or not?" she returned to the topic which they had been discussing.