Jack was in his own little world right now. He had a lot of work to do right now but had little time to do it. The algae was not mutating properly as of yet. There was something wrong with the DNA of the organisms. For some reason they would not add the genes he tried to put in. He looked at he display and sighed. 

Ernie perked his head up at his master wagging his stub tail happily. Jack leaned down and scratched his ears before the chimera turned around to look at the door. Jack turned in his chair and noticed a man standing in the doorway. It was the engineer guy, Drew. Jack always tried to remember names so as to be polite. He grinned at him. "I'm only useful if I'm in here so I figured I should get to work. Currently making an algae nutrient paste. Yes I know it sounds nasty." He joked punching in one last command so the machines would work with out him. 

Ernie walked over to Drew and wagged his tail happily. "He is friendly. He won't bite, I promise. "Jack said walking over towards Drew and offered the man his hand to shake. "You're Drew, right?" He asked hoping he had remembered correctly. "Just call me Jack and I feel I'm gonna be seeing you in here a lot. I can't fix my own machines to save my life. Gonna need your expertise. "He said leaning against the wall. "Come in. "He said looking him over. He was going to be seeing a lot of this guy.