"Then I'll heat up some food." She walks into what is presumably the kitchen. It looks far more industrial than their one at home, more meticulously organized, with two separate large boxes with softly glowing arrays on them. The lights are evenly spaced, illuminating everything well. "Do you have preferences, or any food restrictions such as allergies?"

"No, to both questions."

Mary has a whole list of things she doesn't like this week. (This week she has noticed that sheep are cute and especially lambs are darlings and has made the leap to vegetarianism. Though she thinks if she met a cannibal tribe that'd be too cool to pass up, so it's only really animal-vegetarianism.)

"Well, cannibalism is illegal, here, and I would rather illegal activities not happen under my roof without me being informed first."

Still, Akira can prepare food for them both.

"She wouldn't be shy about announcing she's going to eat someone."

"Well, as long as you're my apprentices I'm in some ways legally responsible for your behavior. So far I've avoided being arrested, and I would like to keep things that way."

"I won't eat anyone."

"I'll tell you but not the police if I want to eat someone."

"I get the feeling our first talks are going to have to be 'the concept of consent' and 'when to talk to the police,' rather than lab safety."

"We know to not spill anything on ourselves."

"There's a lot more to lab safety than just that. Many things are dangerous if inhaled, or will react dangerously if mixed."

Nod.

"Still, food and basic house rules for now. I'll save the actual lectures for the morning."

She turns to the task of eating.

Mary eats her food rather quickly, then asks, "Do you have any family Miss Curtis?"

She pauses. "Not anymore."

"Awwwww..."

"I'm sorry."

She nods. "Do you want me to tell you the house rules before or after you get your things settled in?"

"Before. In case we'd break any by settling."

"Gotta know when we're breaking rules."

"Very well."

"Do not break the law while you're my apprentices, or in your capacity as my students, unless I have given you clearance."

"Obey safety rules, especially around fire, chemicals, and assorted experiments. I will elaborate more on these tomorrow as part of your orientation to the labs. Do not enter the labs or set fires until then."

"Do not undo locks you have not been given the key to. Things are locked for a reason, and that reason is almost always safety. If you want to know what something is, I will tell you."

"Do not make loud noises between the hours of midnight and six in the morning. I sleep then. If you tell me when you sleep, I will return the courtesy."

"Do not harm the cats, directly or indirectly."

"Those seem easy."

Mary seems to be trying and failing to find holes in the rules. Or at least rules she objects to.

"I guess they're fine."

"I try not to have extraneous rules."