[it takes him a moment, picking through his words, because if he doesn't explain well then they're back at square one.]

It's my ability. Inside the Room, I can manipulate objects - move them, look inside them, put them back together. I was only going to scan you for body temperature, and if there's something inside you causing the illness - a virus, for example - I would take it out so your body can heal itself.

You have my word that I won't intrude further than that.