"Start loading them up."
"Should we kill them first?"
"No. The Neural Frame needs to be active otherwise it won't be as effective. If we have to start sacrificing our own people…" the voice trailed off.
"… Are you sure we should be doing this?"
"It's just as the Bishop said. These people came out of nowhere. They aren't real, they're constructs formed by the Genesis Spirit. They think they have life, and memories, and hopes and goals, but they don't. They'll just be repurposed by the Genesis Spirit and turned into more fodder down the line.
"Plus, they're all injured and close to death anyway. Focus. They're not worth losing sleep over."
"Yeah, but the others aren't…" the man responded, clearly referring to the others in the encampment.
A smack echoed, but more like the sort that came from the back of the head instead of a cheek.
