[Rex has begun rocking back and forth a little, repeating the same phrase over and over again, voice strained, eyes shut...]

Can hear them...can hear... Don't reject. Don't reject. Don't--

[Suddenly, he releases his midsection, head tilting back. He's only managing not to scream by keeping his teeth gritted tight, his hands shaking as metal starts to crawl over his flesh. He's changing...and not in a good way!]

Defense protocol activated. Foreign bodies detected. Attempting assimilation...

[Rex's eyes open to narrow slits. He looks pleadingly to Damon...]

Talk...to me... Anything...just... I can't... Who...who am I!?

[His voice suddenly breaks back into synthesized monotone.]

WARNING: Failure to complete assimilation will result in full SYSTEM RESET.