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[The Astrophysics lab is a bit of a mess at the moment, covered in alarming mechanisms that aren't fully installed yet. To keep people from jumping to conclusions, Fitz is opting for an audio-only message today.]

Apologies for the interruption. I just wanted to give ample notice that the lab will be performing some testing on this coming Friday. Please be advised that the fourth floor might be excessively noisy during the proceedings. We won't be working with anything particularly dangerous, so please don't be alarmed by anything you hear.

We're quite sorry for any inconveniences this might cause. It might be a good day to stay outside to avoid the noise pollution.

Thank you for your time.

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I'm not generally in the habit of releasing press statements for these sorts of things, Miss Mason. [He pays attention to the network, even if he doesn't interact with it often.]

Is there something that naturally leads you to mistrust the idea of science altogether?

It's not science I mistrust. It's the lack of transparency.

[This isn't new, but the way her nails are digging into her palms alerts her it may be a little bit more personal than before.]

Call me paranoid, but as the product of a secret government cloning lab I think I've earned that.

Do you interrogate everyone over everyday conversations?

I can assure you that genetic manipulation is not on the schedule.

I'm a journalist. So yes. [It's literally her job.]

You do realize that obfuscating and being, I might add, extremely condescending about the ability of laypeople to comprehend your work makes your "loud but not dangerous" project only makes me more convinced there's a story here, right? If this is so harmless, why won't you tell me what it is you're doing?

Because you're creating mountains out of molehills and it is, quite frankly, utter rubbish. You're inventing stories from nothing.

I understand that there isn't much to do here, but you'd have better information from assaulting a potato clock at the science fair.

Then I'm sure you won't mind me coming down to take a look at this molehill for myself. Since there's nothing to report on and all.

[There's a long sigh that follows.]

If you insist.

[This is what happens when he tries to People.]

I absolutely do. [There's an edge to her voice.] You're a scientist. If you're any good at your job you wouldn't accept someone's word without facts to back it either.

I assure you, Miss Mason, I am quite good at my job.

Good day.

[He terminates the feed then.]

Dude, disclosure is usually the best policy with George. She's not going to let it go.

[He's sighing now, because how did this get so out of control?]

I hadn't realized I was committing myself to some form of interrogation when I started disclosing that there was testing in the first place. Clearly, next time I ought to just run the tests as normal and let everyone be surprised by the deluge of noise.

I mean, I don't care if you're blowing shit up down there, but your neighbors probably will. So announcing is probably a good idea, but without any details... people--like my sister--are probably gonna ask a few clarifying questions.

And she absolutely interrogates people in everyday conversation.

That sounds increasingly like it's a personal problem for her. Perhaps she ought to work on it.

She's a journalist, man. It's what she does. I don't think I'd call it a problem.

If she's sensationalizing the mundane, then it very much is an issue. There have been accessible lab projects for months. She wasn't interested before.

Well, you've never announced that you were going to get noisy before.

So what kind of stuff do you do when you're not being noisy and exciting?

It's an astrophysics lab. I'm a quantum engineer. It's fairly self-explanatory. [Unless this isn't one of those very easy things that lay people need explained to them because they slept through science class.]

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Okay, well, let's pretend that in my world the only science anyone cares about anymore is biology, virology, and epidemiology, and that I wasn't the world's best student. Are there smaller words you can use?

No. [He was using the small words.]

Which is why I'll need you to accept my reassurances that testing isn't inherently harmful just because it's difficult to grasp.

"Trust me, I'm a scientist?"

Nah. I know too many scientists.

Yes, of course. The mad scientist concocting malicious experimentation. [That isn't at all offensive.]

Who used the word "malicious?" It wasn't me. And I prefer my scientists mad anyway. At least they're straight with me. It's the government ones you have to worry about.

Of course.

If you'll excuse me, I've work to return to.

[Whether or not Shaun wants it to happen, Fitz closes the connection then. He's done his due diligence. There's no reason to consent to taking more of this.]

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