[ kaveh brightens. that red glint sparks in the corner of his eyes as he turns his chair just enough to face alhaitham. he considers this. where to start? ]

I am a researcher for an experiment meant to test human nature to destruction. This is ostensibly so we can have data to figure out how to stave off the apocalypse as described in the changing of the climate. I have a team, and a budget, and a supervisor above me - or the technology has grown so advanced that I am the only one needed to monitor the data, but I must submit progress reports above.

I am accountable for the experimentees being none the wiser to the experiment at hand for the purest possible permutation of the data. The behaviour of particles change when they are observed; so, too, do the behaviours of people in an experiment when they know they are observed. I have no incentive for giving them the information, until I do. The reason is that I need to provide them with a goal to move forward together, on the basis of collaboration, as previous experiments have all failed to achieve that goal.