It was a question he'd been expecting from at least one of the patients, and Landel crossed his arms over his chest as he considered. The truth was that he hadn't quite decided yet. He wanted to see just want these patients were capable of and then go from there, and he was interested to see what sort of results were produced.

"It's not set in stone yet. It will at least be a few days, but you have to understand that the sooner this all takes place, the better." In reality, he was curious to find out just how quickly the patients would work.

"I imagine you'd like a more concrete answer, but you've worked under difficult circumstances before, haven't you?" It was a subtle challenge, a way to ask Izaya if he felt he couldn't perform simply because he was limited in terms of time.