– Holy shit, I'm gonna dream about this.
Then Ruthra looked around the room and those present, the doctor climbing out of the rig, looked in the mirror again, and, stretching his words, repeated:
– So it's all true? Irene, do you have it all on tape?
– Yes, Comrade Commander.
Irene, used to Ruthra's turns of speech and jokes, could afford to talk to him that way, knowing that Ruthra liked it.
– So it's all true?
– Really, really," the doctor said, slowing down his words as he approached Rutra.
– You will be suspended from the experiments," Ruthra said in a stern yet friendly manner.
– I was so scared, you have no idea.
– What the hell are you doing?
– You should have added "mother of God."
Ruthra exhaled heavily: because of their friendship and running the project together, he had no desire to punish the scientist.
– Then go and explain your narcissism. You've gained a lot of control. I can tell you that much.
– No big deal, but it'll make you and the board believe it.
– Let's go, dreamer.
Already on the way to the hall Ruthra asked Irene:
– Irene, did you realize what was going on?
– Yeah. (chuckles)
– Why didn't you tell me or the board what happened?
– You told me not to do that. A later inspection would have revealed it. At this point, I had to follow your orders. You set, in consultation with the council, first priority over all others to carry out your order. Only the group complex code of the chairman, the head of the security group and the master of the financial and economic block can disable your lockdown.
– I know that. Why are you telling me this?
– You didn't consider the mechanics of this situation. I knew your body had a different consciousness. I knew about the successful animal experiments. I controlled the entire process, only I couldn't make a decision on my own knowing that. The system is tuned to your DNA code and takes that password as top priority. That's what the doctor used. Your DNA is still there.
– So you didn't know about it, you didn't assume it?
– No, I didn't. I could calculate the possible options if the possibility of the outcome of the experiment was put into me.
– And he, it turns out, put in the impossibility… and that's why you didn't provide for that option?
– Yeah. (chuckles)
– There you go, darling. Here's the dirt on you. You should have alerted the security system. Otherwise, you basically accessed all the access systems through my DNA code.
– No way. Why would you suddenly prove my one hundred percent confidence in the positive outcome of an experiment?
– After you got the animals, you could change the data you entered.
– Why would I do that? How do I know if it would have worked or not?
– So, without knowing, you put my life, the life of the station's Chief Master, in danger?
– Well, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, at that moment, you weren't the Master Chief of Station to me. You were my colleague who developed part of the methodology, by the way.
– That was close. Let's see what you have to say to the board. Either way, you'll be under a lot of scrutiny. You knew all along.
– That's the whole point. You don't get it. You just keep talking and talking.
– I get it. Settle down. Genius, but still.
– I gave them food for the first stage so that they would approve a feast for the second and third.
– What's the third one?
– Flying and settling in there.
