Your name's already on the short list for my reports. And don't get too excited thinking this place is some kind of scientific Nirvana; it looks a little more like civilization and the techs will actually respect a guy in a lab coat, but it's not like they give me free rein of the equipment, either. [THOUGH THEY SHOULD.] Nine times out of ten, I'm working straight out of the house.

[He kind of sits quietly a minute, just listening to the impromptu trivia lesson he's being barraged with, and when it finally looks like there's a moment where Reid is going to stop and breathe (thus giving him time to interject), he takes advantage of it.]

Thanks, Encyclopedia Britannica. I'll settle for just finding one that I can dress and stuff in my oven. [A pause.] Was Turkey Day a big one for you and the folks, back home?