"Thank you," Stein said cheerfully, pouring some sugar and cream in measured amounts into one beaker, and just sugar into the other. He added the coffee and stirred with a glass rod, then offered the whiter one to her. "I know it's unusual, but it works just as well as a regular coffee maker," he added with a grin.

"So tell me Mikaela, what were you doing running through a battlefield filled with robots?" he asked, gesturing for them to sit down on one of the couches.