Bob recognized the voice as soon as it spoke and he was feeling a bit torn. Alec was his friend and yet he was also making a very dumb mistake. Does he mess with Alec a little bit to teach him a lesson about poking at forces he doesn't understand or does he reveal himself and lecture Alec anyway? He turns and decides for the first option as he cools his tone of voice and thickens his already sharp British accent. "Americans always having to ask for directions when a map would do just as well," he says, "What do you want at the Institute that would would ask a complete stranger for help getting there?"