Yup, it totally is a scanner! And her brain is telling her that she completely and deeply understands how it works, even though... if she tries to think about it she can't actually come up with any details.

... It'd be great if playing along with the insanity that is this simulation didn't result in changes to her brain that are just false. That's upsetting.

Anyway, whatever, she still ~made a thing~, so she is going to go gleefully scan some things. Plants in the lab first, she absolutely wants to scan other sims, but she thinks it's very important to get good habits about how and when to use the weird magic science things on her coworkers sooner rather than later.