Ivan nods very earnestly. He's not sure what is up with that research, but everything else made sense. "Are you building things?" Because that surely is the interesting part of research. Except for the exploring part, but Timo is obviously not doing that. He's in the midle of civilisation, after all.

The milk is nice and warm and heavenly, and he doesn't even think about honey or anything, just presses his hands against the sides of the mugs and breathes the scent in. He's not sure if the temperature is really good for drinking, but if Timo doesn't stop him he'll try in a moment. After all it was given to him like this.