[He will take a seat, just as she instructs, and rolls up his sleeve so she has the proper access.]

No, you should be fine in that regard. My body stores and retains energy extremely well. I'm not in danger of shutting down, even if you somehow clipped something you shouldn't.

[Once he's settled he falls quiet, thinking over her words. General Ironwood, huh? That's a name he files away for now. With her making a face like that, he might be worth looking into later though. Hopefully he wasn't here in town.]

For me...

[He debates saying this much. It's not a pleasant thing to admit and he's sure Penny won't be happy with the knowledge, but the truth would probably be better than her thinking he'd been in some horrible accident.]

...It wasn't that I needed the replacements. I was forcibly modified to be a weapon for an organization of extremely evil people.