[Inhibitors? There was the pain inhibitor he mentioned, but otherwise that sounds so vague.

He sighs a little.]

I'm from a city whose main reason for existence is to research and develop psychic kids. A lot of shady experimentation goes on, including this 'augmentation' kind of shit you've done to yourself. Everyone I've met or read about who's gone through it, and in every single one of those cases it involved a kid being manipulated or forced into it for the benefit of some fucking researchers. It was never to help the kid.

[So he's a little wary.]