I'm going to be.

The Greetings Subject 42281.

I am Sear, and I hear you are experiencing some degree of discomfort.

Please remain calm. Take a deep breath.

In through the nose and out through the mouth, I will wait.

I will wait.

First, I would like to notify you that your request to exit the study in progress and seek medical assistance has been declined.

Your health and well-being is of some degree of importance to airlith dynamics, so you

can know this decision has been made with your best interests in mind.

You have described the following symptoms to the researchers administering your trial.

Memory loss, increased stress response, excessive sweating, blurred vision, confusion, and some mild paranoia.

I would like to first note that, while certainly not ideal, none of this necessarily hints

at any sort of terminal condition.

It could be entirely within the realm of possibility that these are simple idiopathic symptoms,

which could be completely unrelated to the scientific trial in which you are currently participating.

Here is something that might lift your spirits.

Have you ever considered all humans always exist within a state of terminal illness?

It is easy to forget as you lead such serial and episodic lives, each day a sprint, from

sunup to sunset and seemingly infinite in number.

However, you are all marching along that slow, inexorable path towards your own sunset,

so it seems silly to worry about the schedule of the inevitable.

Your bodies and minds have an expiration date, and despite decades of research, even

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