At the arrival of the guest, Dr. Rush stands up and respectfully returns the greeting.
Listening to the woman, he was surprised about the honesty, even if, suspicious as he is, he believes that something was missing.
After a brief sip of his drink, he reply:
"Well, miss Sanada, I appreciate the clarity and I must say I undersand your concerns. But you see, that material is dangerous per se, doesn't matter who uses it.
I am what you see.. an indipendent researcher. I'm not affiliated with anyone, I don't work for anyone if that's what you mean. Only Jimmy and Patrick are informed about my goals, as you could've guessed.
Here's the thing: I committed myself to one project: improving space travel. I think we are too dependent on the gates.. maybe after so many centuries we are so used to them that we didn't think that we could improve our technology, maybe it's convenient this way for someone... anyway.."
He make a brief pause, then:
"I have gathered data on the anomalies in the last months, but I admit lately I'm a little stuck in my research..."he sighs"things could improve when some hanging matters will be resolved. For now I have things only on theoretical level.. I've heard things about that material, and I think it could help me."
He leans back to his chair
"I don't want to use it yet.. not before carefully studying it anyway. As a matter of fact, i would prefer to replicate the component in a way that pose lesser risks, but than would require time."
He plays with his glass while observing the guest reaction.. she's now in fact one of the few people that knows about his project. That unsettles him a little, even if he didn't tell much, but he had to tell her
