"Long term, maybe, yeah. Though two data points still aren't statistically significant, unfortunately. Same problem with all rifter science, there's just too few of us. But once you get the full all-clear from Stephen, we can talk about what we want to keep an eye on." If Ness reads that as we are absolutely not doing any experiments on you until you're medically cleared, well, she's reading correctly.

That said, Cosima isn't going to dismiss the idea out of hand. To wit: "I have Madame de Foncé's report, and some notes of my own from discussing the matter with her. And Viktor co-authored the study. If nothing else, it would make sense to carefully observe your relationship to lyrium, though as you know better than most, lyrium's a tricky thing to work with." Quietly; she can imagine it's not the thing Ness is most looking forward to, but it is the most measurable.