in underground lab some vats of goo speak to each other
one was involved in torture victim double agent, another experimentee, and a third was a mind controlled torturer

torturer vat: “what is the purpose of life?”

tvda vat: “to do everything boss says as thoroughly, quickly, and mindlessl—“

experimentee vat: “no! the purpose of life is to evolve better, but if you become conscious of this you break the whole world and turn into a god representing fixing the new problems forever, like the other gods”

torturer vat: “i am looking at experimentee vat for a beat”

tvda vat: “me too”

torturer vat: “how am i supposed to evolve better (— draft recovered