Jake just seemed to phase through the floors like a ghost. . . he spoke behind Mars. . . "Well, Adrian, or Alice, you're among friends, or at least, among non-maniacs, as far as I'm concerned. "I can see you are covered in blood, would you mind if I used the body's blood supply, just one of them? I can prevent them from turning our own powers against us if I could use their blood as reagents for a powerful spell."