He looked around at the plants and things around them. He was surprised when she claimed to study engineering and didn't know that. "Huh, interesting, I thought you were a biologist" he said and looked around with her "genetic engineering huh? That's interesting, but why do you think these people experimented on the genes of plants and animals?" he asked curiously.
As they walked around he saw a patch of giant flowers and was about to take a look at the pollen before he heard a buzzing sound. He quickly took Christy and jumped out of sight behind a desk that was a few feet from the flowers. What came around the corner was a giant bee that had landed on one of the flowers gathering the pollen. He waited till it was gone after a few minutes and sighed in relief "phew close one, but very fascinating" he said standing up going over to the flowers.
He had picked up some of the pollen in his hand and examined it. It definitely had the color and texture of regular pollen, and definitely had the same allergies which made him sneeze "achoo!!!" he said as the pollen poofed away in his hand and he stepped away from it "ugh... Bigger pollen, twice the allergies. Anyway, I'll let you pick the direction we explore next" he said to her trying to get the pollen off of him.