Okay, that? The touching the wall and talking to it like it was a living thing? That was strange no matter which way Steve looked at it. His jaw tensed and he fought the urge to ball his hands into fists.

It felt a little like he was walking into the belly of the beast now.

"Not a secret, but I had to do some digging to find out more about it. Were you influenced, Lawrence? Is that why you're here?"

Something here wasn't right and didn't fit and Steve was going to keep digging until he figured out what exactly it was.