No, idjit, I come from a reality where that kind of augmentation? Ended in a genuine world war, genocide, and a lot of genetic tampering that damn near wiped us out after the fact. Maybe hav'n antagonistic aliens t'fight against kept it from happening where you're from so far, but it don't take that much for someone to look at mak'n man better and end'n with gett'n rid of everyone else.

[ His hands are actually shaking, the visceral, violent reminder of Khan never all that far away. The war that created him. The new war Marcus wanted to kick up- for what? Glory? To get a head start?

Leonard takes a moment to scrub at his eyes and breathe through it. Lets it pass. ]

Know'n the end of a story makes hear'n the same beginn'n, no matter the variation, disturb'n, Wash. Tricorder reports the wir'n as benign. It's standard issue mean'n it's been done often enough that it's been tested, right? I'll make a note to ignore 'em aside from trauma induced deviations.