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Your Tantalum-193 affinity is almost perfect. You'll be an excellent subject.
Also, you asked, and I checked—your HLA matches with your younger brother's. But, are you sure about this?
As long as you keep your end of the bargain—the money for the surgery, an urgent slot for the operation, a guaranteed normal life for Murray afterward, and... my heart transplantation.
Not only so, but I'll also ensure your younger brother the highest degree of privileges for the rest of his life, even... a ticket to "Babylonia".
...As long as Murray's safe.
I did also test your brother's Tantalum-193 affinity, and it's also quite high. Would you perhaps consider an artificial heart for him? Then you wouldn't have to take this risk.
Don't even think about touching my brother. I know full well the danger of your experiments. You're gambling with our lives. I'll take the risk, so that my brother can stay out of this.
Don't be so pessimistic, if the experiment succeeds, you'll...
I'm not interested in your plans.
...Anyway, I'll have someone bring him here before the experiment begins. Don't worry, he'll get the best of the best.
A first-class doctor will be performing the surgery for your brother when our experiment begins.
Go meet him for one last time... your last time as a human.
