"And cause you to accidentally overdose? I don't think so." Doom wanted a live subject with actual brain functions so as to see her powers in action, not a braindead or straight up dead subject. That was completely useless to him. It surprised him just how little this girl realized the important the state of the test subject was to his studies. One would think Richards would have at least taught her some basics of science while she lived in his building.

"Until I'm done and can get you medication for the pain, I would recommend stretching." He keyed in a few more lines of code and seeming satisfied, he saved and uploaded it back into ALFRED. While he waited for that to finish, he checked over everything else to check that he had covered all of Reed's mistakes. Satisfied with what he found, he unplugged it from the computer was the update was downloaded and activated it so that it could properly install itself. The component upgrades made the update install quickly and when he was sure that was done, he picked up ALFRED and went to grab her some ibuprofen before going to her cell and opening up a panel in the door, holding the pills and ALFRED for her to take. "Hopefully now you can see that I am not trying to kill or harm you, but instead merely wish to answer some questions about you."