[ He's certainly not prone to fits of effusive undeserved flattery. What would be the point of that? There's better ways to encourage someone while actually being honest. Babying people isn't what he's about. (But neither is he about pushing someone past their limits, he only did that with MK when they first met because the goal was getting him to go full throttle with his powers so they could be stolen.) ]

Oh? How long would you have inside a shield before you suffocate? I assume if the poison can't permeate it, then neither can other air. [ Unless she can control what molecules osmose through the shield, that would be a useful trick indeed. It would even allow her to breathe underwater. He wonders if that sort of specialization is possible. ]