----- Quantum Phase Hologram of Boss: "You know, long ago, before everything was based on quantum phase holographics, I worked for a government and --" Quantum Phase Hologram of Rebel Researcher: "-- tried to take over the world with mind control, but was resisted by a rag-tag group of selfless people who put their lives into the struggle. We've been there, done that." Quantum Phase Hologram of Boss: "We didn't have your fancy schmancy proton teleporters or antineutrino gigaware, it was mostly drugs, hypnosis, and violence. But --" Quantum Phase Hologram of Rebel Researcher: " -- we ended up uploading our consciousnesses into our equivalent of your 'nanite cloud' to survive the war we got into. A bunch of cultures, memes, rituals, not as fast as nanites but still enough to hold what we cared about." Quantum Phase Hologram of Boss: "What I mean is, don't worry. I'm --" Quantum Phase Hologram of Rebel Researcher: " -- we're going to get through this. My husband didn't stop me, and he can't stop you now. He's dead, and you're not."