[Dr. Bellum doesn't give a shit, she's worked with weirder people and can't really judge Rita for having a Taste of metal. She chuckles darkly, crossing her arms.]

If that is what appeals to you, I would suppose so.

[Her grin widens ever so slightly.]

But why settle for something so messy and barbaric? Wouldn't it be more interesting to, say, subject them to increasingly powerful shocks of electricity, or give them untested experimental new chemicals to observe the effects on them? It would be of great value to the scientific community, as well.