Ariel's tail lashes a bit. "Most scientists don't even look like that when they're not working." How much does this guy even know about actual scientists and not the ones portrayed in documentaries or movies?

But the follow-up question gets to the real heart of the matter. Ariel's shoulders slump at the thought of his family doing anything together. "It wasn't that sort of business. Our father was never that open about what he did at the lab. But now that it belongs to us, I'm the one who spends more time there." Eli wanted very little to do with that place's legacy. "The programs were shut down for a while so right now so I'm reviewing the projects that are still salvageable and figuring out how we should move forward with the research."