[Kit lets him stew and poke at her arm for a bit, which gives the appropriate twitches when he pokes at her synthetic nerves. After a particularly aggressive jab, though, she pulls away.]

Ow, come on.

[she sighs, wiggling her fingers and refusing to meet Newt's gaze.]

I had to. Technology is progressing faster than ever, but if our bodies don't progress with it we'll stagnate. This is the next step in human evolution - transhuman evolution, even. One day we're all going to be wired in, upgrading our mobile platforms, backing up our cerebral data to the net. I'm just not waiting for somebody else to do it first. Audentes fortuna iuvat, Proffess-- [deep breath] Newt.

[finally, she looks up at his face.] I'm sorry.