Welcome to Gaia! ::

A crooked, unstable smile broke through her efforts to contain it. That was her name, earned and chosen, important and finally perfect, and his acknowledgement of it threatened to surpass the subject of the clones in importance. The two matters vying for the same position in the forefront of her mind was somewhat dizzying, but she persevered, as though she suspected he might otherwise rescind it.

"That is exceedingly generous of you, sir," she remarked, placated by the reasoning that she was part of the 'we' after all. "Is there any way in which I might be of assistance, in this case? I hoped, upon learning of this discovery, that my specialization might be more relevant to the research, but...they aren't exactly FEAR, are they?"

Of any theoretical possibility, this was now far beyond what she had anticipated. At the most, she'd expected that she might have to make some defining adjustments to her concepts of energy and matter in terms of their known reality - this was something with substantially more gravity.

"Human." Her voice cracked, and the smile got a little wider. "They want to make humans."

She didn't intend to ask why. She understood that just fine.

"May I hear more about your discoveries regarding this process, despite how little I can immediately offer in return?" Her thumb brushed over the chest of the bird in her hands, lingering over the portion of red. "I cannot dissuade myself from believing that I am missing a keystone in my knowledge, the longer I lack this, and I would never inquire if I did not feel confident that I could return the benefit exponentially by knowing. In short, I would like the capability to bring you something worthwhile, sir."