He almost didn't want to say the truth, but Tyrone reminded himself he was speaking with Spider-Man. Spider-Man probably saw it all.

"You know Roxxon?" He said, "Well, they had a rig out on the water and they were digging for something. Everyone thinks it's oil, but it's something else. Some other form of energy, but it's dangerous. Makes people go crazy. They get really strong and really aggressive. Like zombies, almost. It's how a friend of mine and I got our powers when we were little... no idea how we were affected differently. But just before I got here, a bunch of valves started spewing the stuff we had to stop it."