Lucky for Hikaru, Jim was genius enough that spontaneous and unexpected bouts of geeking out were commonplace, as well, so he ate this information up eagerly. He turned back to the plant, and then shifted his attention back to Sulu, undeniably impressed.

"Understandable. I wouldn't have mentioned it right away either." But, it had been weeks. Again, he didn't feel the need to say as much aloud. Granted, Jim felt a certain degree of responsibility for not knowing -- he let Sulu have free reign of the greenhouse and didn't check in as often as a good captain would have. He'd need to work on that, personally. "So, have you been able to find any information on it? I assume you've been checking around."