Connors was still tense, confused expression still on his face. He didn't even try to fight against the fact that Chilton gave his shoulder a squeeze--something that, where he less rattled, he would certainly have more of a reaction to. That didn't make any sense. He was fine. He was just someone who made a bad decision and continued to pay the price.

"If there's anything that's traumatic, it wasn't the serum," Connors quietly responded. After all, that was a chance for hope. That was him trying to heal himself. "I told you how I lost my arm, right? I was an army doctor--I lost it in the war. Surely that would be more traumatic."