"That would have been a great memory to hang onto... Asshole is worse than a cockroach." Crichton's tried and failed so many times to put Scorpius in the ground. It would have been glorious to watch his walking nightmare get torn limb from limb. He doesn't even feel bad thinking that.

"Actually, I did have it removed. That's the kicker. I lost an entire chunk of brain matter and it still wasn't enough. Neural bleed the surgeon called it. Harvey's just... stuck in there now. He's got less power over me without his chip, but he ain't gone."