"I'll see if I can make some time when we get back to talk to your Professor," he said, respectful. He knew how personally someone could take their equipment, especially when it was such a part of how they functioned. He hadn't been able to shake the reminder of Pieter and, to some degree, Charles when he'd found out about the man's ability and his required equipment. It was where he'd gotten the idea, honestly.

"To be fair, the ideas I have for improvements involve a level of controlled crystal production most people don't think of as possible and technology that's been locked down by one of my associates since the 40s."

Translation: I don't think your equipment is terrible; I just know things and have resources you probably weren't even aware were possible.

"And I'll keep the exact schematics I can feel in my own head."

He wouldn't be sharing anything about his current partner unless said partner was all right with him sharing it.