[ooc: Here works for me if it works for you! ♥ also sorry for the lateness...]

[Brooding? Oh, come on. Out of stubbornness, Ed forces his current expression into a humourless grin instead.] Sorry to hear it. Next time I'll pick a corner that isn't reserved. Or you could mind your own damn business and [he looks pointedly in the direction of the lady Mako excused himself from talking to on the way over here] keep working on that voter fraud they want out of us, but where's the fun in that?

[There. With a little luck, that'll be enough to distract this guy from the question of what Ed's doing indoors at all.]