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Probably. [ Helpful. More importantly - ] Something 'going on' with it?

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My experiments lead me to believe it has some sort of healing or de-aging properties, but I'd like to verify that with a microscope.

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Your what?

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Experiments.

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Yes, I can read.

You suspected something was going on with your moisturizer so you continued to apply it, presumably to yourself, intentionally. Am I following along?

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Yes.

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Why do I feel like we've had this conversation before?

[ Because they have, or something close to it, in their very first talk. And then he started small scale manufacturing the drug in question before he even really knew who he was doing it for, so who's the real joker here? ]

Stop, first of all.

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Why?

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Silco.

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Lacks persuasive power over text, you'll have to try a real reason.

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That wasn't a persuasion, that was a 'don't play stupid, it doesn't suit you.'

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Also doesn't convey over text.

I'm being careful, I'm documenting my results, and I'm not hurting anyone. Why stop?

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Because you don't know that for a fact. There's no way to be appropriately careful with unknown substances whose risks you don't yet understand, and just because you can't see the damage now doesn't mean there isn't any.

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Probably should have thought of that before I started. Bit late now.

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You often put your hand on something boiling, realise it's hot, then leave it there because it's a bit late now?

Stop using the moisturizer.

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Find me a lab and I'll move on to theoretical study.

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This isn't a negotiation.

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And yet I'm negotiating.

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Ok. Stop using the moisturizer or I'll sneak in and swap it with self tan when you least expect it.

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You overestimate the amount I'm applying. This is an experiment, not a skincare routine.

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And it's a necessary experiment why? Boredom isn't an adequate answer.

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You don't think we should find out about what they're trying to drug us with?

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Not by drugging ourselves with it, no.

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Good thought, but I don't gave the facilities to hold captives. And as I may have mentioned, I can't find a laboratory.

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[ Uhm? Moving on. ]

You forgot to mention you're a scientist.

[ Said because he's fairly sure he's not. ]