His brow arched, eying the other man, "That sounds suspiciously like permission to take this place apart from the ground up." He knew it wasn't something Charles would usually suggest, especially because the man knew just how dangerous he could be when he let himself fall back on the anger that had fueled him for most of his life.
A nod, "Alright, it's worth a try. Might give me a better idea of what's actually out there, if there is something between me and the pipes, it won't be there for long. There's almost always metal in the frames, even just trace amounts."