Girl Genius XXVIII: Dancink! Ve is here for de dancink!

[Fyraltari]

But they will rapidly figure it out if they actually have enough !!SCIENCE!! to meaningfully analyze the situation.

Not necessarily. How would they guess "this thirty-something man is actually several hundred years old"?

Figuring out why he can see it would be the very first thing they would do though if they are trying to build a system that can detect him.

Except they're not. We are told that on this very page, they're going to test various measuring devices until they find one that works.

But if Rakethorn and Thorpe can't rule those out, they aren't sparks of a caliber to do any useful analysis of the situation at all.

The point is there are an endless number of potential explanations. There are no guarantee they'll figure out what is deal is.

It seems like if Agatha is going to enlist their help at all, she has to share info with them that compromises Higgs. If Higgs isn't compromised, the research is.

Not really, once they've managed to detect him, Higgs is irrelevant.

No matter who they blame, his cover as "Jack Tar random sailor #127" is in danger of being blown, right?

Not really, this is a world where random mecanic #562 can do this
(pay attention to the vat and mug).