Bering was defiant "No." he said simply, he wasn't going to hurt anyone any more. "This isn't achieving anything, this is just bringing harm to both of us". In a final act of defiance he shot an ice spear into his own leg, to show how unwilling he was to continue the test and he screamed out in pain.

Patience shuddered, for the first time in her life she was scared of a mutant "I-I-I'm here to give you your blood, b-but it won't be in packets as usual, you are to feed off me." She said, shocked that she was actually able to say those words.