I’d rather hear more thoughts versus too few. ( Sometimes picking Wong’s brain had been like pulling teeth, to get him to say anything past a gruff disapproving grunt. At least this gives Stephen something to work with. So. He contemplates that. )

It’s reckless, for certain, but a couple of us healers are going to be standing by to monitor the effects for safety. And I think it’s worth the research to see what those effects are, and to understand a little more about anchor and rifter physiology; there’s a certain amount of existential anxiety in not knowing what I actually am and that I might fade away any day, to be frank. But I just wanted to check beforehand about— well, I mean, I’d rather not emerge from this testing with a crippling magical addiction.

No offense.