[ Reid blinks several times before speaking, piecing together her words and processing them. This is a rare glimpse of Reid having to think before he speaks. ]

Whatever you have to say, I promise I won't freak out. Or be terrified. Ask you a million questions, maybe. [ Indeed, he sounds calm, intrigued, and completely unperturbed by the whole idea. As a profiler, he'd already gone through threat-assessment and deemed her low risk, or he'd never have come out here. Whoever she is past that, Reid isn't going to judge.

Be intensely academically curious-- that is a strong possibility. ]

Can you explain what you mean when you refer to taste?