Not only is he relieved that she's not going to drink it, but she also seems to have some skills that he certainly doesn't.

"Oh, yeah. It's only a matter of time." His smile is a little strained, but there's not a whole lot of bite to his words.

"Is there anything I can do to help you find those patterns?" He moves carefully around anything that seems to have dust on it so as to not disturb her work and holds out his hand. "I'm Steve."