“Ah! Um...” Jonathan’s face scrunches up a bit as he looks over his pending purchases.
‘Can we at least turn off tasks while my hands are full? I really don’t want to drop everything and have it get broken or stolen by the time I get back to it... It will be annoying enough having to run back and forth a bunch.’
[Requesting temporary task suppression... Permission granted; disregarding minor tasks for one hour at no penalty, effective immediately.]
Jonathan barely represses his urge to sigh with relief.
Before Ji Soo works up the nerve to express concern over Jonathan’s vacant stare at the wall behind the service bot, Jonathan’s attention returns to reality and redirects to said bot.
“Um, c-could you hold some of it for a few minutes once I’m done paying? I-I won’t take long... Like, five minutes?”
Before fidgety Jonathan even finishes asking his question, the bot is already nodding.
“Certainly. Do you wish to use a private scanning kiosk to complete your order?”