[he bristles. why doesn't she just admit the end goal justifies any cost to the people brought here?? local empath demands machines be less emapthetic to justify age-old worldview, more at 11.]

His... [grimacing, he cuts himself off with a breath, shifting his weight to combat fatigue.] And...you mean to say such a condition cannot be replicated? Shared?

[he steps aside so he can plant a stabilizing hand on the nearest wall.]

Some people...are more or less expendable by the nature of a goal...are they not?