"Please state your name and ID for the record."
"Dr. Maria Catarina Gonzales, S-7531."
"Thank you, Doctor.
You know why we're here, don't you?
Please tell us about your previous project supervisor."
"Ruslan was…"
"Ruslan?"
"I'm sorry, Dr. Lavochkin was extremely enthusiastic about our research when I arrived in the facility.
That enthusiasm had a way of dragging people with him, you know?
We wanted to see our subjects as he did, full of wonder and untapped potential."
"Did he ever tell you what it was that you were working on?"
"Not really, no.
We were to "characterize the effects of need-to-knowium on a wide range of living subjects" was his little joke, back when he made jokes."
"When did that change?"
"He became a lot more distant when we began testing PE050 and PE150, the intravenous formulation.
He sent us back to the pods way before he left the lab, and he started muttering about "preparing the world" for something under his breath.
That coincided with him requisitioning more… exotic test subjects."
"How did he rationalize those?"
"He could be very convincing, and we were happy to see that spark again.
You want to hear about the centipedes, right?
L.coeculus are parthenogenetic and completely lack social behavior, making them a reasonable long-term subjects for PE050's "societal predisposition" effects, as we liked to call it."
"Do you still consider that decision "reasonable"?"
"Not in the light of what happened, I suppose.
But your people kicking in the observation room's door and starting shooting wasn't the most reasonable course of action either, if we're being honest."
"We're not here to review the actions of Security on that day.
Did he ever mention anywhere he could be hiding?"
"We weren't close, so no he didn't share the location of his secret treehouse.
With those things in tow he shouldn't be too hard to find though -- just follow the song of the centipedes."
"Thank you for the advice, Doctor.
I am to inform you that you are restricted to your residential pod until the review of your involvement in the incident is concluded.
You are expected to finish any remaining reports in the meantime, but your workstation will be isolated from the facility network otherwise."
"Dr. Maria Catarina Gonzales, S-7531."
"Thank you, Doctor.
You know why we're here, don't you?
Please tell us about your previous project supervisor."
"Ruslan was…"
"Ruslan?"
"I'm sorry, Dr. Lavochkin was extremely enthusiastic about our research when I arrived in the facility.
That enthusiasm had a way of dragging people with him, you know?
We wanted to see our subjects as he did, full of wonder and untapped potential."
"Did he ever tell you what it was that you were working on?"
"Not really, no.
We were to "characterize the effects of need-to-knowium on a wide range of living subjects" was his little joke, back when he made jokes."
"When did that change?"
"He became a lot more distant when we began testing PE050 and PE150, the intravenous formulation.
He sent us back to the pods way before he left the lab, and he started muttering about "preparing the world" for something under his breath.
That coincided with him requisitioning more… exotic test subjects."
"How did he rationalize those?"
"He could be very convincing, and we were happy to see that spark again.
You want to hear about the centipedes, right?
L.coeculus are parthenogenetic and completely lack social behavior, making them a reasonable long-term subjects for PE050's "societal predisposition" effects, as we liked to call it."
"Do you still consider that decision "reasonable"?"
"Not in the light of what happened, I suppose.
But your people kicking in the observation room's door and starting shooting wasn't the most reasonable course of action either, if we're being honest."
"We're not here to review the actions of Security on that day.
Did he ever mention anywhere he could be hiding?"
"We weren't close, so no he didn't share the location of his secret treehouse.
With those things in tow he shouldn't be too hard to find though -- just follow the song of the centipedes."
"Thank you for the advice, Doctor.
I am to inform you that you are restricted to your residential pod until the review of your involvement in the incident is concluded.
You are expected to finish any remaining reports in the meantime, but your workstation will be isolated from the facility network otherwise."