[He's a bit surprised-- but not so much so that he doesn't bother to answer.]

My brother, although whether he's truly "lost" to it yet or not is still debatable. But I can't imagine I'm any less likely to be affected than he was.

[And... Oswald isn't happy about Han either, but--]

I would imagine he'd have shown signs by now. Having seen what happened to the others, you might imagine that it's not a quiet sort of ailment.

As much as I'd like to make friends rather than the opposite, I don't get to make the choice of how our heroes are selected. No one who has to take part in this program likes how it's run. But I'm here to find a cure. And to try and make sure some fool doesn't make it worse.

[He seems to have... a fool... in mind. And it doesn't seem like it would be anyone you've met yet. After all-- the other two are highly intelligent even.]