You did. As I mentioned over on my last post on the forum, I'm being deliberately hazy about what Teri is actually doing in the Gene Mage's lab, so as to keep the revelation a surprise to the rest of your readers.

And there's a perfectly valid reason he's on a leash. It's helping him focus on being "Matt's Ferin" and not backslide into Evil Teri again. Anyway, that's my justification and I'm sticking doing. Terminally embarrassing Matt is just a side bonus. ;p