[Tony breathes an inward sigh of relief and grins. That had been a long three seconds, waiting for Aya to re-solidify.] Cool. You had me worried there, for a second.

[He shakes the test tube, and the little segment of wire clinks in its new home.] So I'll take a look at this under the microscope and run some chemical tests. Hopefully that'll bring something up. [A look of annoyance crosses his face, and he sighs - out loud, this time.] Do you think Zanru will let me use the lab here? Would that still count under your maintenance clause?