[He grins over at Mr. I Refuse All Nicknames.]

No, it's cool. Call me anything you want.

[He is absolutely enraptured by the explanation, though it does go on for a while. And some of it goes over his head - WTF is a nano-particle? He's feeling a little starry-eyed.]

I have so many questions. But, um...that's not really why I'm here? [He leans in to whisper not-so-quietly:] We might put Gladio to sleep.