[ He doesn't react to the aggression; he gets it, still has sore spots himself. And while the other sits back, he messes idly with the ends of his fingers, forearms rested on the table. ]

All I thought is trying to stress the environment. I mean, if you do something a program doesn't understand or make it try and do more than it's used to, it makes hiccups in the system. But it doesn't take you out of it.

[ And it brings Robby's thoughts back to something that's bothered him about the report (or one particular point). ] They didn't even shut down the experiment when they decided it wasn't worth it anymore--they had them kill each other.

[ Which makes Robby: why? Why force a killing spree than just having an instant kill button? ]