There's no chains around half the things he could say in reply. There's no cattle chute for his mind to be forced down, away from any useful explanation.
"Conditioning," he says, like the word itself is a marvel to get out. "Uh... The program I was in, part of what we were required to do was protect it, keep it secret. Best I can figure, seeing Arthur look as much like me as he does rubs that particular assignment the wrong way."
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He said it. He said he has theories.
He just--
He could just--
There's no chains around half the things he could say in reply. There's no cattle chute for his mind to be forced down, away from any useful explanation.
"Conditioning," he says, like the word itself is a marvel to get out. "Uh... The program I was in, part of what we were required to do was protect it, keep it secret. Best I can figure, seeing Arthur look as much like me as he does rubs that particular assignment the wrong way."