You're talking about putting it into pill form?

That's the most likely avenue the company is going to go for, I'd say.

But the nanites won't be active.

We've already solved that problem. They activate once they've been ingested. Theoretically, at least. We're still working on some kinks in the process.

Kinks?

Well, you know. Currently, only about 60% of the nanites are activating as they should. The results are pretty predictable: Memory alteration's not occurring as it should.

Fragments, again?

The same problem we had with the injected version trials.

And your team is sure that the issue lies with the microprocessors and it's not something with how the mind is hard wired? My people had some pretty strong evidence that the actual physical alignment of molecules wasn't everything required for the memories to be retained.

You're talking about the unknown element.

I'm talking about something like a soul.

We can't even get into that. The results that we've achieved so far have been phenomenal, and they're pretty conclusive that it's all taking place on a physical level. We just haven't isolated the proper chemical codings yet. Full swarm activation ought to take care of that problem, since we'll be yielding exponentially higher results.

We're running out of... blank slates.

There's no shortage of fresh minds out there. There are desperate people out there who will try anything. But beyond that, it's nothing a little monetary compensation won't fix.

Have you thought of what you'd like to call it yet?

A lot of that is going to depend on if the FDA forces us to pair up with a pharmaceutical company. But I do have some ideas. Most of the team agrees on the name '
Euthenica' for the pill form of the product.

The higher ups will never go for it. I'm sure they want it to somehow tie into the Synchronicity Drive line. Besides, it's too close to 'euthanasia'.

Our client base and target market ought to be educated enough for that not to bother them.

How smart is a lab rat?

Ha. Anyway, I'll send the reports over by the end of the day. Let me know if your team comes up with anything new this afternoon.

Things are going slower now that we're being investigated, but I'll be in touch. Thanks for lunch.

Your turn, next time.