His first instinct was to reject the assistance, but his second -- the one that had started to feel more like himself, or whatever himself had been before the start of this year -- reasoned that anyone even in this room had at least the amount of clearance required to know the contents of it. And he could just as easily have been doing his own research unrelated to any developments in his life.

Still, there was a hesitation before he nodded. "I'm looking into control. Of the body and the mind."