"Great! I can't wait to be your lab assistant! This'll be so much fun!"

Luca's so glad he ran into Varian! Well...of course he is, he's pretty sure Varian would have drowned if he kept treading water like that, but not even counting the obvious life saving reason. Luca had been worried about being in a strange place without anyone he knew, and to be honest he's still hoping people he knows will show up at some point, but with Varian here and the chance to learn things and do science, Luca's certain he'll be having enough fun to distract himself from all the other stuff he has to worry about in this place.