"Get out."  The surge of adrenaline left him feeling invincible despite the fact that she could easily go to their boss.  It just didn't seem to fit with her personality.  Marion was not the sort of person that went running off to her superiors to solve her problems, she was far too independent, "Get out of my lab and think about that the next time you decide to dump a boatload of paperwork on me the day before a weekend or a holiday.  Think about that the next time you're asking me to run five tests at once that are all completely improbable.  Try using a little basic reasoning to narrow down my workload to something reasonable instead."<br/><br/>"You're not stupid, so don't act like it."  There would either by a fiery conclusion to their episode or deafening silence.  Eric was still willing to bet on the latter, "I could delete the report, yes, but that doesn't mean the data will go away.  I have access to records up to and including your rookie year.  If I wanted, I could dig back a little further than 3 years, to the very beginning of your career, and see how much you've cost the department in total.  So, you don't get to tell me what to do.  Get out, that's the last time I'm telling you to."