"We just downloaded your consciousness. Your positronic systems were more delicate than we're used to, but our own legal code says that we can't study a non-hostile intelligent being's systems without their permission." If he'd been a human-killing murder machine, they could have picked him apart cheerfully. But since he wasn't, well. "Everything is in place. There might be some residual damage from your transport, but we didn't pick up anything too out of place. You're more familiar, however."
It's a few more minutes before they finally ask, "Are you satisfied? We can begin the installation at any point."
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It's a few more minutes before they finally ask, "Are you satisfied? We can begin the installation at any point."