He should probably be wearing the cowl for this, if only for the face and head protection it offered against things that wanted to bite him -- and against the possibility of being dropped on his head.

He's getting steadily less comfortable with this idea, but he doesn't have the luxury of interrogating this guy right now. So after a pretty clear hesitation and internal debate he does. Walk up behind Clark and wrap an arm around his neck. "I'm going to assume you don't need to breathe, either," he said, incredibly dryly.