:22:00
THE BRAIN IS THE ENGINE, SARAH,
THE MOTOR THAT DRIVES THEM.
:22:04
THEY DON'T NEED ANY BLOOD FLOW, DON'T
NEED ANY OF THEIR INTERNAL ORGANS.
:22:06
NOW, I'VE SEVERED ALL THE
VITAL ORGANS IN THIS ONE.
:22:10
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OF THE CORPSE BUT
BRAIN AND LIMBS, AND STILL IT FUNCTIONS.
:22:14
OH, LOOK, SARAH. LOOK. [ Grunting ]
:22:18
SEE, IT WANTS ME. IT WANTS
FOOD, BUT IT HAS NO STOMACH.
:22:22
IT CAN TAKE NO NOURISHMENT
FROM WHAT IT INGESTS.
:22:25
IT'S WORKING ON INSTINCT, A
DEEP, DARK, PRIMORDIAL INSTINCT.
:22:29
DECOMPOSITION OCCURS FIRST IN
THE FRONTAL LOBES, THE NEOCORTEX,
:22:33
AND NEXT IN THE LIMBIC
SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE BRAIN.
:22:37
BUT THE CORE-- THE CORE IS THE LAST
THING TO BE ATTACKED BY THE DECAY.
:22:42
IT'S THE "R" COMPLEX, SARAH-- THAT
CENTRAL BIT OF PREHISTORIC JELLY...
:22:46
THAT WE INHERITED FROM THE REPTILES.
:22:49
HERE. I'VE GONE INTO THE CENTER HERE
AND ATTACKED THE "R" COMPLEX DISCRETELY.
:22:53
I'VE REMOVED IT FROM THE
EQUATION-- THIS CORPSE.
:22:55
I BELIEVE THIS CREATURE WOULD BE BENIGN EVEN
IF IT HAD ITS EYESIGHT AND ITS OTHER SENSES.
:23:00
ITS PRIMITIVE INSTINCTS
HAVE BEEN ERASED.
:23:04
[ Machine Whirring ]
:23:12
IT STILL HAS MOTOR FUNCTION, PROBABLY
STILL HAS POWERS OF DELIBERATION.
:23:18
IT CAN BE DOMESTICATED,
SARAH, DON'T YOU SEE?
:23:21
IT CAN BE CONDITIONED TO BEHAVE
THE WAY WE WANT IT TO BEHAVE.
:23:25
AND ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IS
15 HOURS OF FANCY SURGERY...
:23:29
THAT ONLY A HANDFUL OF
PEOPLE ARE TRAINED TO DO.
:23:31
WE WERE GOING TO STOP WORK ON THE NEUROPHYSICAL,
CONCENTRATE ON SOMETHING MORE PRACTICAL.
:23:36
THESE FINDS ARE CENTRAL TO THE
CONDITION. I WILL NOT STOP WORK...
:23:39
THAT MIGHT LEAD TO AN ANSWER, LET ALONE IN
AN AREA THAT IS CENTRAL TO THE CONDITION.
:23:44
[ Exhales Forcefully ] BUT YOU'RE JUST
PROVING THEORIES THAT WERE ADVANCED MONTHS AGO.
:23:48
AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN PROVING THEM CORRECTLY.
YOU'RE MAKING A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
:23:51
YOU'RE WASTING TIME TRYING
TO DEFINE WHAT'S HAPPENING...
:23:55
INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR
WHAT'S MAKING IT HAPPEN.
:23:58
AND JUST SLICING UP TOO MANY
SPECIMENS. IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...