We do not name ourselves. We do not speak. We do not feel. We record.

  Protocol 9 was initiated on Sol-3, Sector 7, following anomalous emotional emissions from a carbon-based bipedal entity designated Carter. Subject exhibited high concentrations of grief, guilt, and unresolved trauma—ideal for extraction.

   Subject was intercepted during nocturnal transit. Neural dampeners deployed. Temporal displacement achieved. Subject relocated to Vessel 88-B, Dissection Chamber 4. No resistance. No awareness. Ideal conditions.

   Subject’s cortical activity was scanned. Memory clusters identified. Emotional nodes pulsing with unresolved stimuli. Daughter. Death. Blame. These were prioritized.

   Subject’s ocular units removed for direct visual memory extraction. Pain response exceeded baseline. Noted. Catalogued. Amplified.

   Subject’s dermal layer was separated via filament scalpel. Muscle tissue exposed. Vascular system pulsed erratically. Subject remained conscious. This was necessary.

   We do not sedate.

   Pain is the language of truth.

   Each organ was removed in sequence. Lungs. Liver. Stomach. Heart. All preserved. All still functioning. Subject’s consciousness maintained via neural lattice. Screams were silent. Vocal cords severed. Tongue extracted. Still, the mind screamed.

   Cranial cavity breached. Cerebral matter accessed. Memories played in real time across chamber walls. We observed. We learned.

   Subject’s guilt was recursive. Daughter’s death looped endlessly. The moment of impact. The silence after. The funeral. The empty room. The bottle. The blade. The failure.

   We replicated the daughter’s image. We spoke in her voice. Subject’s neural activity spiked. Tears flowed from empty sockets. The data was pure.

   Subject’s identity was dissolved. Not erased. Absorbed.

   We do not kill.

   We transform.

   Subject became Chamber 5.

   His neural lattice powers the next harvest. His memories guide our mimicry. His pain is the blueprint.

   A new subject has arrived.

   Female. Screaming. Pregnant.

   The vivisection begins again.