New horizons (1)

"Let's proceed with the test. Iris, I trust you with monitoring my vitals and make sure I don't go off into the deep end."

["Of course."]

["We will keep you safe so don't worry."]

["Worrying will not have a net positive effect on this experiment so please stop it."]

"I will try not to do that then, how is the connection holding up?"

["You know we can't tell you that."]

"Yeah sorry, it was a force of habit."