"Let me put it another way. The benefits of sharing your discoveries with your peers can far outweigh those of exclusivity. Without another mind and set of hands working with me, I wouldn't be nearly as far as I am with my own work. I'm hoping that introducing you as another fresh perspective will bring me even further along. In fact, it already has. Testing these cacti on animals would be sufficient so long as I have a way to monitor their moods later, and I wouldn't have thought of such a simple solution on my own." She admits, somewhat ashamed of her absent-mindedness.