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// Log 4025: Interrogation 
// Story: Lab Horse 
// by TheMajorTechie 
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	Talk about cliche. Something bad happens, you hope that it doesn't get worse, and BAM! Right in the face. The past few days have been relatively normal now that things have settled down, since everyone's focused more on whatever it is that they're testing.

And then, some doofus decided that he was bored enough to go on and check through the entire backup of the past three weeks' security footage. Obviously, they found out about it, and sent the video to Delmar, who then forwarded it to the new head of the lab. And said head of the lab is this guy who kinda just lumbers around doing nothing until he finds something interesting to do.

At this current point, trying to squeeze a word from my mouth is the most interesting thing in existence to him. As I type this under the table, I'm trying my best to imitate as many horse noises as possible, without giving him any clue otherwise. He hasn't even given me his name yet, either. In my eyes, he's slowly inching closer and closer to that "stereotypical mad scientist" sort of guy, with the endless questions, that maniacal smile... and those hands, I haven't seen anything grimier in my life... Does he even wash his hands? I mean--

"Do you see my hands, horse?"

Well then. Mind reading much? I pretended not to know what he said, and glanced at his face for several seconds before zoning out again. Finally, after a few moments of mindless staring, he continued speaking.

"These are stains from my endless toil. Medicines, mostly. While lab rats are sufficient for most things, it's pretty hard to know what they're thinking. How they feel. You can't just walk up and ask, 'Oh, hey, Ratto, how ya doing?' to a rat, now can you?"

I watched as the man paused for a moment. He was either taking a breath from rambling, or he was seriously thinking that a dramatic pause was needed to interrogate a freakin' horse.

"What I need is something I can test on, and get immediate reactions from. I've already tried human testing before, but it's always shot down in one way or another. What I want to test isn't painful in any way. In fact, it's very much the complete opposite. Our team's been working on a non-addictive pain relief medication for the past couple o' years, and it's pretty hard to tell what the rats think."

Oh boy. I know where this is going. He's gonna go full-on inspirational and say that "We need you, because you can make a diffe--"

"We need you, because you can make a difference. You can tell us how it affects you, and at the same time still allow us to avoid human testing. Please, just say something."

Huh, sounds sane enough. I'd might as well see for myself before I push it away.

"Something."

Ha.