As usual, Rex tries to sit alone. It doesn't often work out, since there are only so many tables. These days, he doesn't mind company as much as he used to... but he still prefers eating alone. It's a habit leftover from when he was living with his ventilator and eating was a complicated, prolonged ordeal and people were way too curious about his hideously disfigured face.
That and he still doesn't really like people all that much.
Rex is in the middle of peeling a banana when Ariadne sits down, uninvited, across from him. He just stares at her from behind his fruit.
"Hello...?" His brow's arched in slight confusion. "Is Arthur's table full?" Oh wait, that's right. Arthur was always too cool for lunch with the masses.
He still looks confused. "Why?" As far as he figures, they don't really have anything to talk about. Maybe The Fly... but that's about it. He really just assumes that she's here to bask in his Arthur-like face.
"Well. His depiction of the human body fascinates me," he murmurs grudgingly, taking a sullen bite out of his banana. Truth be told, Ariadne unnerves him, because she looks so much like Hayley, while not being like her at all. He supposes it must be the same for Ariadne. "And I suspect we don't have much else in common. Unless you happen to enjoy science and herpetology."
"Biomedical engineering, chiefly," he said casually, taking another bite. "Emphasis on the engineering." Building stuff is very important, as Ariadne surely knew. "You?"
That and he still doesn't really like people all that much.
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It kind of makes Ariadne think of a runty little puppy, shoved away by his bigger, stronger siblings.
Which means that she's sitting down across from him at the table with her lunch and a friendly smile. "Hey, Rex. How's it going?"
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"Hello...?" His brow's arched in slight confusion. "Is Arthur's table full?" Oh wait, that's right. Arthur was always too cool for lunch with the masses.
God, Rex hates him.
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She tries to talk with different people every day. The more people you know, the better.
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Mostly because she doesn't have an inmate yet and Rex seems like the best target for her next fix-it job.
"I mean, a little birdie told me you like Cronenberg flicks. I wonder if we have anything else in common."
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And fix Rex.
"So you're a scientist? What do you specialize in?"
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