[Suddenly, his face sets into a mixture of skepticism and interested caution. Testing the limits would be satisfactory, and he's well acquainted with thinking he's a great (obviously) candidate for testing.

But he's also thinking about what happened with Elizabeth. It isn't exactly the same necessarily, he knows. Does he want to take that chance? Having the portal collapse and the town spit him and his father back out isn't half as bad as the terrible visions. The punishment.] Fine.

Not currently. My... situation is an unstable variable in testing. It could skew the results. Are you sure you've never sent anyone into it for a long time? Someone human.