"You are welcome to use it anytime. There are so many ideas and projects to show you... I have not had this much time to devote to pure research and development. since..." He sighed. "since before things went to hell, back home. And I definitely never had someone to work with and bounce ideas off of like you." He had worked with Igor, and with Betty, but both were engineers at best. Neither one understood or even wondered about the things that drove him, that worried at him.
"Very true. And it is an ongoing process. To refuse and push away notions without merit and without basis, without closing one's mind to new possibilities. It is... a chance. A hope, and more, perhaps."
He rubbed his chin as he leaned against one counter and looked at her, and thought. So much to think on, so much to discover.