[The man is, immediately and vibrantly, aware of how breakable he is. That doesn't usually happen in a room, alone with a computer. A literal nuclear option could be on the table, and there would still be distance.

Not so, now.]

I do.

[Firmly.]

Many of the laws I accepted as fact have indeed been broken. It's a symptom of an obsolete mind to reject new information relayed via perception... or to forcibly twist it to fit a known truth.

If it feels impossible for the cat to be alive, I'd rather believe that it is when I witness it, than kill it to make myself feel better.

[Damn it. He may well be the cat.]