Dr. ██████████: is it all right if i record this?
Pilot Candidate ████████: yeah. yeah go ahead.
Dr. ██████████: good. (pause) start from the beginning. what happened on sm-8?
Pilot Candidate ████████: we weren't supposed to call it sm-8.
Dr. ██████████: what do you mean?
Pilot Candidate ████████: they told us it was the first.
Dr. ██████████: the first submersible.
Pilot Candidate ████████: right. (pause) but the inside had scratches. old ones. like… they sanded it down.
Dr. ██████████: scratches from what?
Pilot Candidate ████████: from nails. from someone inside.
Dr. ██████████: (pause) continue.
Pilot Candidate ████████: we got down there and it was quiet. too quiet.
Dr. ██████████: quiet in what sense?
Pilot Candidate ████████: like… the ocean was listening.
Dr. ██████████: that is not a technical description.
Pilot Candidate ████████: i know. (pause) it didn't feel like water. it felt like a room.
Dr. ██████████: a room.
Pilot Candidate ████████: like we were inside something.
Dr. ██████████: you are describing claustrophobia.
Pilot Candidate ████████: no. i'm describing being noticed.
Dr. ██████████: (long pause) why were you rejected from the mission?
Pilot Candidate ████████: i asked about the return plan.
NOTE: interview terminated by coi security at 00:07:12.
REASON: "noncompliant speculation."