[look, he's met some pretty ridiculously strong preteens, he would not be surprised in the slightest in Stephanie could lift a car... but also, have you seen his wimpy arms?? he was struggling with that blowtorch and it's not even that big. so hell yeah he's going to "respect" her physical strength (if by "respect" you mean "use to his advantage")]

Kekekeke, excellent... perhaps you're not completely boring after all.

Ah, but it would be poor practice to leave our experiment unattended. Imagine if there was a delayed reaction and no one was here to observe it...? We'd have to start over from the top. Wasteful. Since we're in agreement, you can fetch the necessary equipment while I keep watch.

[in other words... he's just gonna sit here and make her do all the legwork, too.]