[Connor watches, half tempted to reach out and interface with the replicator just to get a better idea as to what it was doing, how it processed things and where it was drawing the ingredients from to make the food but, for this time at least, he restrained his curiosity.]

I only require a very small sample. Unfortunately, the analysis assumes that the ingredients are uniform throughout the entire meal, which may not be the case. But, I think, testing it is better than not testing it at all.

[He could rattle off some probabilities for Hank, but he knew the lieutenant wasn't always fond of him doing this.]

Would you like to find a seat first?