Eric vaguely heard the conversation. He was putting everything he had into paying attention. His smart mouth still shut tight even with Walter commenting on it. There was a witty retort to that he knew but he didn’t really care to do it just then. None of it really made sense despite what Walter was saying. Why him? Why Kat? Damn this was getting complicated but maybe it wasn’t. His mind was contradicting itself and he was getting tired.<br/><br/>His eyes slowly started to close when Kat spoke up. Turning his head toward her listened to her words and Walter’s when he spoke. There was a different tone in Kat’s voice Eric liked. There was the woman he knew. She was starting to fight back though why she hadn’t earlier he still didn’t know. Then again maybe he did. Thinking back on it he smiled just enough to lift one corner of his mouth. She was gathering intel the clever girl.<br/><br/>Bone breaking…not very original are you Walter. Eric thought as he remembered Riddick and seeing the condition Kat was in after that little encounter. It was when Kat began to deal did his attention steer back to her. Sure he would be thankful for the medical assistance but did she really intend to say anything? Something in his brain clicked, code? Code? Where have I heard that before? Eric wondered racking his brain for an answer. He had to push through the haze in his brain and fight it off to come up with something.<br/><br/>He’d been fiddling around with the tech…the tech. There was a lot of tech and he was pretty sure there were not a lot of technical savvy people here at the moment accept for him. They all seemed to be more like Kat, no offence to her but she wasn’t one to do much for technology whereas he could practically get into any computer given enough time. Perhaps they were there to motivate each other.<br/><br/>When Walter left he was about to say something when Kat did first. “No need to apologize, I think I might have figured out why I’m here.” He said his breathing coming out a little ragged. It was getting harder and his side was getting numb. “Thanks for sticking up for me, guess I’m not as invulnerable as I make myself out to be.” He said with a small wink to lighten the mood a bit. The fog was creeping back in and he shook his head to help fight it off.<br/><br/>A few moments later two guys came in with some medical equipment. It was rudimentary but it would get the job done. They walked toward Eric and gave him a small grin. “Gonna patch you up. Can’t have you broken for the main event.” One of them said as the got to work on him. For simple supplies they did a pretty good job getting everything fixed up.<br/><br/>His shirt was ripped off but he didn’t care. Obviously there wasn’t a better way of doing it otherwise his shirt could have been saved. He was thinking sarcastically but he had to admit they were doing a pretty good job of patching him up. If they were not the enemy he would have thanked them. They even gave him something to get his brain functioning. He had no idea what it was but he was both thankful and worried about it.<br/><br/>It was when they both left did he open his mouth to speak. “I think they want me for something technical. I don’t know who they have to work with machines but he or she is obviously not doing something.” He said to Kat though it was just enough for her to hear. He didn’t quite trust no one else to be listening.