"...nothing identifiable. Some kind of...bland nutrition block. But it hasn't killed me yet, so."

He moves over to prepare a plate for him. He's figured out by now that it's more palatable if it's warmed slightly.

"My captain always used to say he hated eating food like a normal person. If he could just eat tasteless nutrition pellets, he'd be satisfied 'cause it's more efficient that way. And I've never been more sure than I am right now that he was nuts. On that particular point, anyway."