"Are you sure you want to go through with this?"
From his vantage point in the scanner, Matthew smiles nervously. "We've been through it a hundred times. I'm sure."
"The procedure is experimental – we offer no guarantees – "
"I'm willing to risk it," the younger man cuts him off. "The data will help you; the experience will help me. Why the cold feet now?"
" – we've never transferred real, organic consciousness into the simulation before – "
"A century ago, man had never walked on the moon before. That didn't stop us from trying."
The doctor breathes out heavily. "All right."