[ As much as you genuinely wants to believe in their newest recruit, the mention of explosives does make him pause for a moment. Caution is an underestimated trait among Chemists, so he needs to make sure Rikku realises there's a bit more to it than making things go boom. ]

Do you happen to be familiar with healing potions? It's our primary subject of research, you see... many seem to forget that.

[ And as if right on cue, he's interrupted by a sound akin to a firework going off coming from a nearby table. ]