Alberta had taken Alto to a restaurant within the mall to entertain him with a bit of food; the gesture was something Alto took great interest in. As he ate diligently and with great fervour due to his hunger, he had a few things on his mind that needed attending to.
He wanted to get back to the mech division to try improving on his previous mech; he also had a duel the next day, and it was one he was in no way prepared to handle. As he ate, he looked at the professor whose mind seemed to be elsewhere; her food was untouched, which he would have noticed had he not been enticed by the aroma of the wonderful meal.
"Um, ma'am, you haven't touched your food," Alto said with concern etching in his voice.
To this she responded, "Oh, you just noticed." Alto sank further into his seat. "I just found out I'm not hungry." She rose to her feet and grabbed him by the collar; without as much as a word, she pulled him away from his seat and started to drag him away. "Let's go, measel."
