[He's got a lot of questions at once, but she'll just affix onto the last one because it's much, much easier to answer.]

Well, uh, we're here to s-study the scientific aspects of the city! So technology, and magic, and just-- figure out how things work! The Gods don't tend to tell us a lot about, uh, how things go here, so... we try to find out. Just uh, piece by piece.

[Alphys gives him a bit of a sideways smile.]

Does that make sense?