"How many of him are there now?"

"Just one. They've allowed him to keep working, but that was one of the restrictions."

"Then how do you know it's thirty days exactly?"

"They tested it. They killed all the excess Dr. Brights afterwards."

"What the fuck?"

"In terms of bad things the foundation has done, it doesn't really stand out."

"Do I wanna know?"

He shakes his head.

"No."

"How sure are you the organization is doing more good than harm?"

"Completely. The things we contain get much worse than this."

"How much of the unpleasantness is necessary towards that?"

"Some of it, not all of it. The foundation could be much better than it is."

"Why isn't it?"

"Fear. And we do have to do some horrible things. It's... hard to figure out where to draw the line. It's much easier not to have a line at all, or to have one so far away you never have to worry about it."

She nods. "I guess I'm not going to remember this conversation anyway if I'm ever in a position to do anything about it."

"It depends. The foundation might not exist in whatever world we come out in. If it does, they're likely to try and recruit you."

"Is being against murdering excess doctors and wiping memories disqualifying?"

"As moral issues, no. But I've had to have my memories wiped several times. It's not safe to work for the foundation otherwise."

"Because of - containment accidents, or is it routine?"

"Both. I frequently choose to go into situations that have a decent risk of requiring amnestics afterwards. I could have avoided almost all of them by being extremely cautious and choosing to avoid any SCPs with mental effects. However, there's no way to completely eliminate the risk, though that's true for an average member of the population as well."

"Yes, I'd noticed that."

"It really is better than the alternative."

"That's not impossible."

"There are some examples that are safe to share, if you want to know?"

"Yes please."