"No," he said, blinking his eyes rapidly. "Just heard Zola say something about moving a specimen..." He wanted just enough doubt to have to test to see how far Steve's loyalty and logical mind worked.

He stumbled with Steve's help, barely keeping his feet under him but getting stronger now that he was upright. His arm tightened around Steve's neck as they moved from the isolation room. "I can find my own way," he said sternly. Then the building shook with the first explosion. "Nice body, by the way... I might miss that skinny ass all the same."