Payne momentarily looked up at what seemed to be a gasp of shock, and his grin turned into it's usual calm smirk. He could understand why the younger male as surprised. He had guessed that every other superhuman had understood that the technology the bracelets were made of were relatively new, and that they were basically the first test subjects. It was sort of a longshot to understand, though, so he could see how others may not know. Turning his gaze back to the boy, just in time to here his question, Payne nodded, shifting the biomass from his hands and back into his over-all body, causing his orange-jumpsuit to momentarily shift into a mass of lethal tentacles and spikes before they solidified and became his regular prison outfit.

"Yes," he began, eyes glancing over to the solid steel door before he stared at David once more, "The bracelets...they are prototypes. Over time, it deteriorates, and allows a sliver of your power seep in." Payne leaned back in his seat, black veins tensing in his wrists as he used his superhuman strength to attempt to break the bracelet. After a second of it only budging and cracking slightly from the pure force, he sighed and mentally took control of the sliver of biomass that he had slithered into the camera. It would have to do until someone with hacking skills entered.