No forgiveness necessary, okay? I just wanted to make sure we're on the same page.

[Ryan offers him a small, hopefully-reassuring grin along with that, reaching up to adjust his glasses.]

We're agreed on that, though. Don't worry, I'm not so devoted to research that I'd screw all of us over. [After a moment's thought, he adds-] And the only stipulation on my part is that nobody knows unless they need to. You'd have burned it if it were yours, I'd rather not have anyone else actually trying to do that-- or anyone clueless getting their hands on it.