He may, eventually, see the pile of tinkering projects in her office, especially if she stops by it as they happen to wander past. As it is, he's content to take her word for it. Someone who takes bioengineering as a "hobby" is quite all right in his book.

"Considering some of the kids here," Yes, he's thinking about you, N. "That's the best you can hope for. I had figured that because this is a fighting academy they'd all, you know... actually know how to FIGHT."