"Interesting. You present a scenario in which you acknowledge an emotionless universe as natural. This contradicts your entire opposition to my goal, in which you claim that such a thing violates natural law."

He wasn't even looking at her, but writing down something from his book, something he'd known for decades and yet wrote down anyway just to avoid her direction.

"Even assuming the idea that you speak only of this world, you still contradict yourself in the view that anything outside common occurance is an abnormality in the laws of the universe. Any scientist must keep an open mind towards the expansion of their knowledge, regarding any future discoveries. But then..."

Now he did look at her, just for a moment. "You are not a scientist."