[ He takes a moment longer than he ought to, but answers definitively when he does. ] No. I’m unable to match these plants with any known species on Earth.

[ So he’s experiencing a major glitch, or it’s confirmation of truly alien plant life. Fair enough, given everything that had led up to this situation so far.

As if this were a perfectly normal extension of the conversation, he ventures: ] You appear to be responding unusually well to these circumstances.