(A clinic. A test subject peers into a visor connected by cables to a wall with a small window. On the other side of the wall, visible through the window, a man and a woman, in white lab coats, operate controls and discuss options.)
Man: We need this hardware ready for the next news broadcast. Take it to half. (The woman slides a bar, causing a blinking surge of power.) Okay. Try it now.
Woman: (Holding a red ball up to the window and speaking into a microphone) The ball is blue. What colour is the ball?
Intercom: (Subject's voice) Blue? It looks red. (The woman gives her colleague an impatient look.)
Man: All right, you can raise it to three quarters. (She eagerly slides the power bar higher.)
Woman: (Holding up red ball) The ball is blue. What colour is the ball?
Intercom: (Subject's voice) Uh... purple?
Man: He's getting closer. All right, try it at full. Let's keep our fingers crossed. (She pushes the bar all the way up, accelerating the blinking and introducing a loud hum.)
Woman: (Holding up red ball) The ball is blue. What colour is the ball?
Intercom: (Subject's voice) I - I don't know.
Woman: What do you mean?
Intercom: (Subject's voice) I mean, I'm blind! I'm blind! Oh, dear God! (He continues yelling in terror.)
Man: (Through the noisy fit) Now we're getting somewhere.
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