[He doesn't want to be New Reed. :( That implies having to deal with this on a regular basis.]

No, listen, that doesn't-- I don't even know if that compound could do more than suppress a specific flare up. Testing it alone would probably get people killed.

[He actually brings one hand up to his head in pain.] Just leave it. There's other people you can actually hero here. I'm not someone to save.

[He's really, really not.]