Michael left shortly after that, staying back long enough to meet his other researchers in his department before he left Andrew on his own. Andrew had to walk him to the elevators to let him leave since Michael didn't have a badge, but after that, Andrew was all Richard's.
Richard set Andrew to work once he was back after dropping Michael off. They were simple, but boring tasks. At least, it would have been for anyone who hadn't worked on anything in over a month. Organise basic data for a specific trial? Andrew was all over it.
He loved organising, and it gave him something to focus on as the hours passed. He only asked Richard clarifying questions once or twice when he came upon a strange recording, but beyond that, time crept forward.
Soon, it was the end of the day and the girls who had been in the trail room pretty much the whole time besides when they had greeted Michael, stepped out and stretched.
