A lab can be much like a home, yes - both literally and figuratively. [He stops, staring off into space. White walls. How he hates the white walls here. After an unnecessarily long pause, he continues.] I had government funding back home, but here I am being forced to recreate all my equipment.

I've...heard that one can earn points akin to money by going on errands for our captors. Did-- Tony. Tony Stark, the other man I'm meant to speak with, did he do such a thing to construct his lab?