"No, as I understand it, it's very precise. Entire lives are erased only in very rare cases, when it's the only way to remove the effect of a strong memetic anomaly."

"Is it, uh, safe to describe the memetic anomalies?"

"It depends. Some require direct exposure, others can be passed on second hand. However, I'm not part of the anti-memetics division, so the only memetic SCPs I know of are safe to talk about. I can give you a minor, harmless example if you'd like?"

"Yes please."

"SCP-426. I may sound insane for a moment, so forgive me."

His tone of voice changes, as if he's repeating something memorized.

"I am SCP-426. I must be introduced this way in order to prevent ambiguity. I am an ordinary toaster, able to toast bread when supplied with electricity. However, when any human being mentions me, they inadvertently refer to me in the first person."

- Miranda giggles.

He smiles.

"Try it and you'll see what I mean."

"I - I mean, uh - the toaster is - oh that's strange."

"It is. I spent far to long trying to use third person when I first heard about me."

"That's so weird. Why doesn't this happen when people try to talk about all toasters as a group?"

"I don't know, but thank god it doesn't. We'd have to get rid of toasters entirely."

"Can I talk about all of the magic toasters, they're -? Hmmm."

"SCPs frequently don't make much sense."

"I'm in- - magic toasters are interesting! Is your job like that?"

"Not quite. My job is more personnel management than scientific research."

"Do you manage magic personnel or just personnel who handle magic things?"

"The foundation doesn't really have magic personnel," he says, sounding faintly disapproving, "so the latter."

"People don't come in magic, or they're rare, or they're always too dangerous, or -?"

He sighs.

"None of the above, but the foundation has a very strict policy against treating any SCPs as people and that includes hiring them. The only exception to this is when existing employees turn into SCPs somehow."

"Did they implement that policy because something bad happened or are they just kinda racist? - also how do employees turn into SCPs?"

"They used to be more lenient, but several seemingly friendly or neutral SCPs turned out to be incredibly dangerous, leading to large scale deaths and containment failure. I understand the reasoning, but frankly, in each of the incidents people behaved with a startling lack of caution. Some compromise should be possible, but they're not willing to consider it."

He shakes his head.

"As to your second question, some SCPs can confer anomalous properties to individuals who interact with them."

"Like what?"

"The most notable example is Dr. Bright. He was killed while transporting SCP-963. Now, anyone who wears SCP-963 gains Dr. Bright's personality and memories."

"Temporarily, or...?"

"Temporarily if you wear it for less than thirty days. Permanently if it's longer than that."