Daniel's very eager to follow in with that vein of 'natural philosophy', alchemy, discussions of Earth history that happen to be something of his area, even while mildly inebriated. It could be potentially useful to Jay, who's only just got here and seemingly has no real conception of Earth or its complicated history with things like magic and sciences.

That entire train of thought abruptly shatters upon contact with Iman Asadi. His head drops to one side in complete befuddlement, jaw slack as Jay only offers delighted encouragement.

His head swivels over to look at Seth.

"Why would we do that, though?" he asks in the very serious tone of someone who's now questioning whether making out is some vital social cue he's somehow missed, and could Seth please explain this to him? This has gotten rather confusing.