Mental Evaluation VI (Do They Know?)

“Why stop at fourteen? And why only test on humans and not other conscious species?” the evaluator asked, his tone shifting to one of analytical curiosity. From a rational standpoint, halting at just fourteen when there were still numerous variables left unexplored didn’t quite make sense.

"While Adam’s brain was undergoing the organification process, an ethical meeting was convened to revise the empire’s research ethics code to address this unprecedented situation. Although we suspected that the material itself either lacked consciousness or contained a blank consciousness that could be molded by the first species it came into contact with, it technically fell outside the original ethics code.