I have burned through people. I tell Command that I need human trials in order to continue research. They provide subjects. I inject them with the virus, use them as incubators, and monitor their process. If they die? Pity. But I start again.

[ Hilbert is keeping his voice deliberately calm, deliberately neutral as he talks. He isn't showing any hint of emotion: an obvious choice he's making. ]

Your method of burning through people would undoubtedly be different than mine. But I see how you value control. And you admit yourself: you are cliche supervillain. I wonder if you too have burned through someone for the greater good.