"How'd it go?"
"Guess."
"He's doubling our funding, putting us up for the Pulitzer and sending us on a vacation somewhere warmer. Like Mercury."
"Close. Field ready by the end of the month or he's closing us down."
"Not unexpected, Kitty. What's the next move?"
"Try again. Figure a way around the schizophrenic heautoscopy. Something about waking up and finding you're the copy seems to drive them mad."
"Maybe we need better material."
"You've got an idea, Jules?"
"The volunteers have been special forces, alpha wolves. We need military training, but without the self-regard. Someone detached, maybe who doesn't even feel human."
"A sociopath."
"Or traumatized."
"Stop."
"You know it could work, Kitty."
"Hasn't he been through enough already?"
"He's one man. At the moment. Put that in the balance against the entire human race."
"It'll destroy his world, you know."
"Wouldn't be the first time."
"Guess."
"He's doubling our funding, putting us up for the Pulitzer and sending us on a vacation somewhere warmer. Like Mercury."
"Close. Field ready by the end of the month or he's closing us down."
"Not unexpected, Kitty. What's the next move?"
"Try again. Figure a way around the schizophrenic heautoscopy. Something about waking up and finding you're the copy seems to drive them mad."
"Maybe we need better material."
"You've got an idea, Jules?"
"The volunteers have been special forces, alpha wolves. We need military training, but without the self-regard. Someone detached, maybe who doesn't even feel human."
"A sociopath."
"Or traumatized."
"Stop."
"You know it could work, Kitty."
"Hasn't he been through enough already?"
"He's one man. At the moment. Put that in the balance against the entire human race."
"It'll destroy his world, you know."
"Wouldn't be the first time."
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