[In hindsight, maybe he should have waited for introductions before greeting. …Let's not overthink it before the self-consciousness gets to him.]

Miss Aerith. I'm Jude. [Nodding once, he stands up and docks the pen back onto his lab coat's front pocket. His botanical curiosity can wait, and it would be rude to hold a conversation and not face the other party properly.]

Right, I noticed. There may be workable similarities though, so with any luck, I could recycle some of what I used to know. [He's probably being too optimistic about it, but that small hope still beats dwelling over the possibility that all he knew from home is now obsolete.] Yeah, I thought so too, and it's best to prepare when we still have the chance to. I haven't seen any monsters since I got here, but this place is still pretty suspicious.