Though not, apparently, if this woman has anything to say about it.

She waves a hand in front of his face, and then motions towards the node, then the essence potions. She would like to feed it. While she's quite happy to help him understand what's going on here, she has her priorities. Node first.

(... She is made out of essence. Screams it, actually. And if the node was interesting, she is fascinating - but perhaps he would like to help the node before studying her, first.)