I'd like to think so. I'm a little nervous about how it's all going to work...

[He holds up his hand, the one with the shard in it.]

I think this might be what's allowing me to continue functioning even though I'm away from the lab. But if we have to give them back... [Or maybe it'll just stop working one day. Any number of things could happen. And that's all assuming they survive and move on in the first place, though...he doesn't want to bring up his doubts about that.]