"I need a closer look at the chemistry of your brain." Really, he just wanted the damn energy reading, not a hundred questions, so he'd be clear.

"Look, something weird popped up on your energy reading. Haven't seen anything like it before. It's not a big deal, I just need to make sure it's not something that's gonna get triggered and kill everyone on the damn ship. Gotta be thorough. Got it?"

It didn't matter if Adam understood or not. He placed the pad on the kid's face, watched him for a second to make sure the kid wasn't going to try and jerk away, then looked down at the reading screen.