Sounds significant. [And... serious? Vampiric? It's a little hard for him to tell, when Kyle seems like he's in a good mood.] I have time now, if you want to talk. All I'm doing is running blood panels and thinking about how to explain myself to your friend.

I'll contact him. Thank you, Kyle.

[He knows what that question's about, and frowns at the selection of blood cultures in front of him.]

Not this time. [Somewhat dryly, he adds,] I suppose they maximized the entertainment value they could get from my sort of vampire the last time they experimented on me. [His frown deepens, and there's the pinching, and stretching sounds of plastic in the background as he pulls off his gloves. This conversation gets his full attention.]

Were you taken?