...William was already bored, which was never a good thing for a genius who excelled at creating monstrosities. He had already done his part and contributed nicely, now he wanted to go back to his notes and perhaps figure out if it'd be possible to find yet another specimen for that night as well. Simple observation was tiresome, now he wanted to experiment. The only question was, did the specimen have to be alive in order to react?

...This would complicate matters if so. Far more importantly, if there was viral strains within the creatures that roamed the night's bloodstream then it would be only a matter of capturing something (a rat perhaps?) and gathering a sample.

Somehow, the doctor managed to keep a polite expression of interest on his face throughout the conversation, allowing nothing to belie his previous behavior... But this still did not mean the doctor was not seconds away from pulling his hair out. There was a reason William had avoided the other, hare-brained scientists back at the Research Facility.