[There's a long delay before her response, because she doesn't want to antagonise him, but she also doesn't see how anyone can calmly accept what he seems to have.
She should ask for the evidence. She's spent weeks telling anyone who would listen that she won't believe things without evidence. Yet she can't bring herself to type the words. It's primal self-preservation, really. If Arilanna Tayrey truly believed that she'd die and instead of going off to the oblivion of the black, she'd be forced into the slavery of menial work on this ship while being drained like a power cell? Torture, infinitely, as she'd put it to Nobunaga? She'd fall into a deep dark pit that there might not be any getting out of.]
I'll certainly consider the matter. Do you know if anyone has kept a record of deaths here, and their causes?
I think it would be a mistake to believe anything told to us by our captor, especially given his ability to shape this reality and place what he likes in front of us. It's very much in his interest to keep us afraid and in despair, and I doubt he'd have ethical qualms about it.
I can provide you with a sample. The genetic modifications are proprietary, but that's likely not relevant given what you are testing and the technological level of this ship. My only concern is for privacy - that my data should be anonymous, and that the sample itself should be kept somewhere safe, so that only you have access.
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She should ask for the evidence. She's spent weeks telling anyone who would listen that she won't believe things without evidence. Yet she can't bring herself to type the words. It's primal self-preservation, really. If Arilanna Tayrey truly believed that she'd die and instead of going off to the oblivion of the black, she'd be forced into the slavery of menial work on this ship while being drained like a power cell? Torture, infinitely, as she'd put it to Nobunaga? She'd fall into a deep dark pit that there might not be any getting out of.]
I'll certainly consider the matter. Do you know if anyone has kept a record of deaths here, and their causes?
I think it would be a mistake to believe anything told to us by our captor, especially given his ability to shape this reality and place what he likes in front of us. It's very much in his interest to keep us afraid and in despair, and I doubt he'd have ethical qualms about it.
I can provide you with a sample. The genetic modifications are proprietary, but that's likely not relevant given what you are testing and the technological level of this ship. My only concern is for privacy - that my data should be anonymous, and that the sample itself should be kept somewhere safe, so that only you have access.