I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
Chromedome: "They isolate the centers of memory and emotion in your brain, remove everything that defines you, and implant new patterns of behavior. It's a forbidden science - it hasn't got a proper name. They just call it shadowplay."
Shudders. This is gonna be important. I forgot how sad the ending of this volume makes me...