[He smiles. She would be interested in his research, wouldn't she? Never fear. It'll bear fruit soon enough-- and when it does, everyone will get to see him reap the benefits.]

I find everything captivating, although plant life -- the study, the engineering of it -- has always been a specialty of mine. [Qilby glances upwards behind her, where the branches of an unnaturally-tall tree crown over the rest of the foliage surrounding the elven city. He's been here long enough to recognize a tree shaped by men's hands -- Greensworn hands -- when he sees it.

With a small motion of his head at the structure, he indicates as such.] Sometimes I think I was assigned to the wrong flight.