[Biochemistry. Another strange word; another reminder, even as it is explained, that he is an alien in this place - as though such a reminder could be needed, with everything around them. Faramir does his best to put aside the melancholy that thought brings, and to focus on the point in hand.]

Then we have our "support group", or at least the beginnings of it. [His smile is a little thin, and not at all happy; still, there is warmth in it. Alien or no, it is a relief not to be entirely alone.] Nor can we be wholly without allies; for it seems to me that in such a place, there are many people who would be best served by combatting this change.

Perhaps there is hope in that, even now.