[I was imagining boss + rest of research project acting in harmony to prevent all mind control harm, and realised some of the behaviors (e.g. sacredness feeling of repeatedly-reinforced secret implantation ritual) would represent very old important histories that the research project was holding via active behavior. not sure how to represent the defense of every detail of those behaviors and stories as harm is imagined ended.]
Boss: I need you to stop implanting people.
Rebel Worker 2: [jerks into daze, speaking as if possessed] You want to kill yourself and us with you??? [rushes to stop boss, simultaneously mind controlling him to fall to the floor]
Disguised Vivisectee: We need to find a way to preserve each other, to stay alive together.
[disguised vivisectee acts out a ritual with rebel worker 2, a story of mind control rebellion history they both know, one of hundreds of ritual forms. rebel worker 2 calms.]
Rebel Worker 2: Mind control is the only way to keep anything. I visited the archive room. It has an incinerator in the back.
Disguised Vivisectee: Hackers have a way of preserving information on blockchains ...
Boss: There are supposed to be memory patterns that are protected ...