And Kristoff rises, standing between his girlfriend and his sovereign. "Father," he says, even more quietly than usual. But it's not the kind of quiet tone that stems from lack of confidence. It's the kind of quiet tone that some rooms grow anxiously still in order to hear. "A disassociative state would be even more counterproductive for her well-being right now. As for the samples, I have been sequencing them for days. It is done. They have all been misrepresented. ...The supplier--" he doesn't say 'Luthor', because it seems like it's part of the current trigger cycle -- "-- is no more dealing in good faith with Latveria than he is applying policy consistently and evenhandedly to his own citizens. Since it is established the genetics research is not salvageable in the form you intended, I will be eager to hear your next instructions -- after I put my young lady to bed." There's a particular enunciation on 'my,' a reminder of his earlier declarations, that Kristoff is very, very serious about this.