"Whoa," he says, eyes rounded behind his glasses before he glances up to her. Is that a nagging feeling? Some concern for the wording there? But he rolls his shoulders, feigning casualness about the implications. I'm just a little, unassuming science guy. "So the division had been working on intentionally mutating Ghost Matter? Or at least replicating it yourselves. What was the inspiration for Breezr and Adrih to start this all up thirty years back?"

A tilt of his head.

"I mean, this old form, did it have specific properties that could've been of value? I'd love to know more about some of GMR's history and the goals they had initially aimed for; scientists here are pretty incredible, so I'm sure the potential was astronomical."

Compared to the risks, of course.

Right?