"What I did to you,"  Brage said, stopping his advance, and seeming offended "is kept you alive for months on end after you came into contact with that stuff." Brage calmed down, and his tone lightened. "Well, not me exactly, it was more of a team effort.  Like I said, whatever the substance was, it was some nasty stuff, but it had very interesting results.  We're actually very interested in what effects exactly it has had on you, and I would like to run a quick test after clearing out any of our residual healing solution." He moved towards the girl again, trying to get at her ear with the otoscope  "Now please, let me have a look."