"I remember hearing something about that once I got Stateside."
He took a long sip from the jack and coke, then set it down once more. Luckily he had really heard of it when he got to his father's house, spending a month or two ironing out some details. He had a passable alibi within a few seconds of hearing, but he had went over the figures again and again..coming up with a few sound scientific theories that couldn't be proven wrong completely. I mean, there was some pretty advanced stuff going on at Moretti Labs.
"But it turns out, I'm still alive. I've got an angry girlfriend to deal with because of it."
He took a deep breath, mentally prepping himself for the fact he would have to break out the scientific theories. He had honestly spent a year trying to figure out the source of his powers, reviewing everything he could remember and all the possible biological or chemical causes. But he had to believe it was some of the radiation and maybe an esoteric energy system interacting with some specific chemical composition in the performance enhancer, specifically the part that affected his nervous system.