Kelly took a bite of his BBQ chicken sandwich and studied what Sara had told him. More than once she had told him to run like hell from this project. Maybe Kelly was being hopelessly naive when it came to this. There was more to this than Sara feeling a sense of guilt/remorse about what happened to Matthew. She had seen something that night something that humanity was not meant to see. Kelly was not an over religious person but he did believe that there was higher power in the universe and maybe they weren't meant to know what made it all work.
He took another drink of his tonic water and said, "Sara our combined research is asking a lot of questions, and to be honest after talking with you I'm not sure we should be answering them in this lifetime. In other words you've talked me out of this. I can't see anything good coming of this work at this point in our understanding of the human body. When I get home tonight I'll call my Government recruiter and tell them I'm out."
He took another bite and washed it down with another drink. Kelly said, "In terms of you not being the right person. You're not just the right person to have been a part of this with me. You're the only who could've helped me. Not just because of your previous involvement, but because of who you are as doctor-scientist right now. If there's a better surgeon or scientist this side of the Mississippi I'd like to meet them." Scott said, "You really are one of the best I've ever seen and there is no denying that." He rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't think I would say this out loud, but if I got passed over for Chief Surgeon..." Scott looked Sara in the eye and said, "in favor of you I think I'd be okay with it. I believe you're that good."
Scott let out a slight smile with that and ordered another tonic water. He then said to Sara, "I think we've talked enough about a project that should never be, and our work and I've had enough of them. Tell me something what do you do when you're away from the O-R? We've got a nice evening right now and I'm done talking shop and I'd rather get to know the person in front of me."