[This really is the worse possible outcome. Risking their lives just so he can escape?]

[He could never bring himself to do that. He can't. Somehow, in a weird way, he almost wishes they were dead and gone for good. Just having them alive in some strange way is almost a blessing and a curse at the same time.]

So, what, we just play the game? Try to decide which five people get to keep their human bodies and which ones get to live in a computer forever? Is that what we want, Alice...?