August: He was clearly trying to balance on the precarious line of furthering scientific advancement and encouraging safety and not stupidity. "Well, you see, blowing things up has this tendency to kill people, and seeing as I'm trying NOT to stoop to my uncle's level, any explosions that may occur will not be big enough to actually harm us. As I understand it, your brother derives his powers from a suit, not his actual body chemistry, so perhaps your best luck may come from engineering a suit of your own. That being said, and know that I am not encouraging you to do anything dangerous, that would be bad, but hypothetically, if you're good at science, perhaps you may be able to figure something out when we get to our genetics unit."