"Well, I was mainly implying that research you found useless could be ignored, but it sounds like something you'd never do anyways." That tail gets his attention, but not in a spooked way. "Failure. Wow. That's, um...pretty good if you can do things without fail...yeah..."

Someone clearly has started reflecting on his own mistakes upon hearing how perfect Ixis is. Does he really want to give Ixis more questions that he can brag about? By accident, yes. "So, what kind of uses are you referring to? Do you kidnap people and have them do things for you? Siphon knowledge and power?"