[He fidgets with his glasses, looking slightly amazed at the similarities.]

They made some preliminary attempts to do the same thing at Black Mesa, before everything went to hell too. Of course, I didn't find this out until after the fact. I was just a research associate at the time.

[Okay. Samus may be waterproof, but the acid rain's starting to make him itch. So a short few steps under a market tent he goes.]