"It is very intricate. I know some, but certainly not all."

There is some curiosity around the paint that covers his eye, but the talk of the labs overrides the urge to pry, at least for the moment. "It is quite advanced. I can understand their caution. Do you have much expertise, where it is that you come from?"

She would be surprised if he was a scientist himself, he doesn't strike her as one, but stranger things have happened.