"Helping people and understanding your world... those are both noble goals for a scientist. I wish I'd known more like you." Hojo had supposedly wanted to understand things as well, but he'd had such a narrow mindview, unable to accept things outside it--and he had certainly never been interested in helping people.

She won't comment on his getting a snack, but she does think to ask: "So is everyone on your world like you?" Quite a different world that would be. Or maybe not.