[ This has, admittedly, been one of the most interesting parts of talking to the other new arrivals to the city. The variety in the worlds from which they were pulled is massive. Akira wasn't quite sure how to pin down Lux's when strife is a universal constant, but between her name (it sounds like something right out of a fantasy RPG) and now this, he's guessing it's less modern than his. ]

It's a way to test medicine that's being developed. She would see how my body reacted and if there were any side effects.

[ It probably sounds like a strange thing to willingly subject himself to, and Akira can't really go into the arrangement they worked out, so he continues after another pause. ] She was working on a cure for a former patient.