Not mirroring his facial expression in the slightest, still looking worryingly down at the glass which was half-empty at this point.
"Boring? This place? For Ivy? Now that I honestly can't believe. I'll talk to her later about that I suppose.."
Finishing another part of her beer.
"You wouldn't believe me, even if for some ungodly reason I actually decided to tell you. It's not really worth wasting the effort in summarizing the entire deal anyways. As far as you need to know, i'm merely a researcher. And that's the truth. Half of it at least, i've taken a position at another facility up in the Omicrons for some point of time."
Ivy places a hand on Ellies back gently. She couldn't do much, but still..
"Hey.. A year ago, I thought the same way that you are talking about right now.." Slowly pulling up her short-sleeved shirt up to the shoulder, revealing three gashes. Scars. The wound has long since healed as time allowed her body to recover, however that mark would always be upon her skin.
"Life isn't all flowers and roses, I know that first-hand.. Does that make you crazy? No.. All that it means, is you're not looking onto the future. That's what's keeping me going nowdays."