The last one was a bit more accurate, though.

[He makes his way towards her now that he's done with his task.]

Mayfield is a town of illusions. A good half of the inhabitants are husks with no souls - we call them drones. And every month or so, the... 'experiments' occur. They range from anything between actual mad experimentation to manipulating us into murdering each other. Not that it matters much, since death is more of an inconvenience than a tragedy.