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[loboptimize]

[from here]

[sighs, ducking his head a little]

Yes, yes of course. I will ask them whenever I get the urge to experiment on anything that can speak. I don't suppose I have to waste my time asking things that can't.

[onlyoneof]

... if you get the urge to experiment on anything alive, talk to me first. I'll give you a cellphone, it should work for as long as you're here.

[loboptimize]

Everything alive? Surely you don't mean to tell me that even the rats here are sentient.

[onlyoneof]

Even things not technically alive show signs of sentience, I'd rather not risk it.

[loboptimize]

[pauses]

Really? Are we talking about viruses and bacterium, or something a little bit more inanimate in their creation?

[onlyoneof]

I'm saying a chair could be sentient here.

[loboptimize]

A chair? Am I supposed to ask it before sitting down in it, then?

[onlyoneof]

No, no. Just keep it in mind.