To study him, I think. [ Konstantin gives a long sigh, running his hand back through his hair. ]

On our mission, we.... encountered something. Something never before discovered — alien. They're probably running tests to see if he was affected at all by it.

....And also to hide the truth of the crash from the public. It wouldn't look good if an esteemed space mission ended in such tragedy. I know they lied about me, too. Told the public I was recovering in a medical facility, when really they were keeping me hostage. They even doctored film and photographs.

[ A wry hint of a smile. Such things aren't so unexpected in the USSR, but... he'd never imagined it could happen to him. ]