"I seriously doubt they would tell you that they were planning this in advance."<br/><br/>Speaking for the first time, Wil smoothly got to his feet and looked around, then focused on Greggory.  "It seems that we have little choice but to do as your superiors wish, at least for now.  I have no desire to be an experiment to be studied like some common animal, but I will not allow them to kill others simply to further their research.  Therefore I have a few requests for you, before we begin.  First, if you have any combat experience or training, get ready to use it.  I will be hard pressed to defend the two of us simultaneously, and any help you could provide toward this end would be appreciated.  Also, if you have any idea of where we are or what we could be facing, it would be very helpful to know.  Second, if I tell you to do something, I need you to do it, without hesitation.  Pausing to think in the midst of a battle, even for a second, can be fatal, for me as well as you."<br/><br/>Wil paused for a moment, then looking directly at Greggory, added, "Finally, although your expression and reaction tell me that you are an unwilling participant in this, I will tolerate no duplicity or subterfuge on your part. I want it absolutely clear that if you give me reason to think that you are involved in this in any way, even for a moment, I will kill you where you stand, and consequences be damned.  I have no problem with trusting you, however, but you will need to give me a reason to trust you first."<br/><br/>Walking a few feet away, he seemed to concentrate on something in the distance for a few seconds, and then he looked back towards Greggory.  "Come quickly.  Time is short, and your life lies in the balance."