how do you do, mr. deckard. please sit down. would you care for a cup of coffee?
black?
somehow, i didn't expect that the man who did the dirty work would be the man to do the technical work. here you are, mr. deckard.
is this to be an empathy test?
capillary dilation of the so-called blush response? plus fluctuation of the pupil, plus involuntary dilation of the iris?
may i ask a personal question?
have you ever retired a human by mistake?
but in your profession that is a risk.
like you said, mr. deckard, a machine can be a hazard. the voight-kampff scale is a machine, isn't it?
sitting next to you.
well?
the machine works. she is.
how many questions did it take?
memory implant. she was programmed. but i think she has transcended her conditioning. i think she was beginning to suspect.
how many questions does it usually take, mr. deckard?
you're going to have to be on your toes, my friend.
it's a complex problem and we wouldn't want anything to happen to you.
for the good of all, i recommend you take rachael with you. considering her uniqueness, i'm sure she could prove quite helpful.
and how is it one man will be able to cover so much ground?
all pertinent information is being fed into your departmental computer, an esper 231 -- i believe -- and a photo over-lay packet is being produced.
mr. deckard, i think it would be wise to reconsider my offer.
no. we can make man, but not a griffon.
have to give the cottage industry a chance too.
a friend of yours, sebastian?
oh?
would you like to talk in private then.
here's your check, my boy. thank you.
just beautiful.
i'm surprised you didn't come to me sooner.
and what can he do for you?
would you like to be modified?
what's the problem?
i'm afraid that's a little out of my.
come here.
sit down.
the facts of life. i'll be blunt. to make an alteration in the evolvement of an organic life system, at least by men, makers or not, it fatal. a coding sequence can't be revised once it's established.
because by the second day of incubation any cells that have undergone reversion mutation give rise to revertant colonies -- like rats leaving a sinking ship. the ship sinks.
we've already tried it -- ethyl methane sulfonate is an alkylating agent and a potent mutagen -- it creates a virus so lethal the subject was destroyed before we left the table.
wouldn't obstruct replication, but it does give rise to an error in replication, so that the newly formed dna strand carries a mutation and you're got a virus again.  but all this is academic -- you are made as good as we could make you.
put it this way. rolls royces are made to last -- as least they were. but i'm afraid you're a ferrari. a high strung racing car -- built to win, not to last.
also you're too valuable to experiment with.
the bast of all possible androids. we're proud of our prodigal son -- glad you're returned. you're quite a prize.
also extraordinary things.