"Trev, 0115, he's really taken to modern food. After I was shot, he stayed with me a couple of nights to make sure I was recovering okay, and he got us take away. I couldn't bring myself to eat the ground meat, what even if that? Meat doesn't grow in the ground, but he loves it. I didn't mind the milkshake. Cow's milk is weird, but I liked the malt shake. And fries! It's such a thing, like, I don't get why they're so delicious. What are enchiladas? What's in them?"

He looks away, because the answer isn't pretty. "During the initial trials? All volunteers. Everyone going and leaving and coming was a volunteer. People don't get sent to new bodies unless it's for time travel now. Or, there's a very small core of people who are asked to stay alive because they have the knowledge and skill to maintain the Director. But otherwise, it's just those of us going back."