[Oh good, he got someone who definitely seems to know what they're doing. Ren considers his words before turning to look at the little part again, tilting his head.]

Alright, so then it's better to have it than not have it... [After an exaggerated hum and a little more inspection of the part, he laces his fingers into the wires around it to start carefully untangling it.]

Have you seen a lot of this kind of stuff before? [It's an innocent question, posed in a tone that could almost be described as childish curiosity. Ren wants more information on what they're working with here, but he prefers to come off unaware this early in the piece with a new person.] It's really weird compared to what I'm used to.