"If she's doing research into mutations from a positive, or at least a neutral, perspective, she'd probably be willing to engage semi-anonymously anyway," Ronan pointed out. "Since she'd be understanding about your desire not to be out, right?"

He shrugged. "I mean, it's just a suggestion. But I suspect she'd appreciate getting some intelligent questions about it, y'know? From someone who knows at least a little what they're talking about -- and this is you, so I'd say it's probably more than a little."