Some of that cockiness melted away with a rather majestic level eye roll. The sort of expression that spoke volumes of a man tired of distilling his beyond genius level IQ down to a level that the average idiot could understand.

"There is a lot I can learn from dissecting a brain," he said, gaze settling back on Gabe. "There is also a lot I can learn from the biometic scans I've been running since the moment I figured out you weren't all you seemed. I had to know what you did in order stop it. A low level bio frequency that interferes with the low level energy field that every human produces. You are basically hacking into that and reprogramming a few hormonal responses to gain the desired emotional effect. Hence scrambling the signal. It's not the how or the what that I need you alive for. It's the why. But I already have that answer."

He moved closer again, ominous and looming. "You don't know." There it was again, that dark, husky tone.