Marsha Wells gratefully accepted the mustard bottle and started to apply the condiment to her burger while Trip returned to his kitchen duty after getting her painting supplies.  After she finished applying the yellow condiment and put the burger back together she noticed movement near the entrance of the mess hall.  It turned out to be one of the other Mecha pilots, Rodrigo Rock Zedler and next to him was Reb Manning, also a Mecha pilot.  Like her they were assigned on this mission to keep the vessel safe as it divulged all the secrets from the [i]Fish Tail[/i] comet.  Soon after she had joined this expedition she had made it her duty to know all the other pilots by name and appearance from the crew manifest, she had also studied their Mecha as well so she would be better able to work with them in the field by knowing their strengths and weaknesses.

Marsha decided to wave back in acknowledgement as a simple nod might not register with the man across the room.  Sure that 'Rock', as he liked to be called, saw her she returned to her burger, wanting to finish it before attempting to continue her artwork.  This time the burger felt and tasted like it should, so she was satisfied.  She decided not to say anything and just continued eating, besides, across the room conversation was not very effective or polite to the other patrons.  If they decided to join her it would be a good opportunity to get to know some other pilots better, even if they did distract her from painting.