In the fleet admiral's office, the two authorities of the United Navy were swallowed in their conversation. They didn't seem to notice time passing by. What felt like minutes to them, an hour had already passed. And it was Laplace who first noticed the odd circumstance.
She turned her gaze towards the clock and noticed that it had been an hour since the intelligence officers left Abraham's office. Turning her attention back to Abraham, it appears he also hadn't noticed how quickly time had passed by.
While she would like to continue their conversation and let time pass for themselves, she understood that this wasn't the moment to do so. Abraham had just upgraded the Port of Dawn, there were a lot of things that needed to be done.