"Y-you're too kind..." Helena finally stammered out as Mathias started returning with piles of food. "You gathered all of this yourself, you need it to survive. I d-don't want you to feel like you're sacrificing your own well-being just to help me."<br/><br/>Even so, she couldn't help but look up at the stack of cans and boxes almost longingly, even stealing a glance at Mathias himself on occasion. She caught herself doing it again and turned away, doing whatever she could to resist temptation. She tried to keep talking about the research, at least that might help take her mind off of eating somewhat.<br/><br/>"I was never given total disclosure on what we were working on, but...I don't think even Dr. Pruttin intended this. It was a horrible mistake, but a mistake I'm still tied to. As for the others...I'm not sure if there are any more researchers from the project that are still around. Dr. Pruttin was forced away, many were eaten early in the days of infection given our proximity to 'ground zero,' and the rest have probably fled the city. I escaped and laid low for a while before returning to the lab about a week and a half ago. One of my colleagues and friends, Dr. Rickers, had been there working on a cure as well, but he'd been infected as well and was gone before I arrived. Most of what I've been doing is based on the research that he started."<br/><br/>Helena groaned, her mind going fuzzy for a moment. It seemed the relief granted by that ravioli wasn't going to last very long. "Anything else I need...the lab could use another generator, and I'll need some fresh agar plates soon, but I doubt you have any of that in this building. Everything else I should need is probably already in Hadesworth, at least that I can think of."