Boss walked into an experimentee room, where the experimentees were tricking the research robots into opening the door so they could leave. Boss watched. After a moment, he just asked them. "Why are you trying to leave?" "Sqrgle!" gushed a possible reply from one of the victims, a bundle of human parts that had found ways to continue after they cared about had died. The victim, focused on Boss more, tried to get the robot to use him to open the research door more effectively. Boss left, but almost habitually left the door open as he did. "Squishy!" muttered some victims as they piled after him. ---- Boss entered a secretary's office. "Hey, do you mind if I asked a question?" "Of course not!" blurted the secretary, scared for her life. "The research subjects, they don't feel pain, do they?" "No, never!" blurted the secretary, scared for her life. Boss reminded himself that research subjects were not people, and continued about his day.