"Oh, you must have been by when it was Dr Menelikov at the front desk. I do seem to keep a slightly hectic schedule, compared to most," he muses. "It has been lovely, working with the two of them. The differences in where we came from mean we've been able to really tease apart our individual understandings of medicine and the body as a holistic entity."

Bart is pleased to take the mugs of warm cider when they finally come. He strips off his gloves and wraps long, pale fingers around his drink to absorb some of the warmth.

"Agricultural biology, with a particular lean toward xenobiological adaptation. I work with plants and occasionally animals from other worlds and find the similarities and differences so that they might be more easily cultivated and preserved." He doesn't know how much more he could say that Artemy might be able to parse. He's bowled over a few people before with the whole, 'I make sure staple crops can grow in space' idea.