"Regarding its understimulation - we briefly discussed music, Dr. Huxtable had a lot of early success with 5031 by giving it background music I'm sure you know - but we didn't have time to explore different genres.  I asked if there were sounds it knew it enjoyed and it told me it liked the sound of creaking and tearing metal.  It sounded like something the Foundation could easily get their hands on a sound library of."

"Visual markers about the time of day and background noise.  You say this will help you profile it?"

"Yes.  It's been very forthcoming with me - I anticipate that the hardest barrier with respect to profiling it won't be reticence but rather its mental capacity to introspect about and articulate its own feelings and state of mind, and reducing its background stress level can only help with that."

"I see the argument.  I'll want to review these suggestions with some of my staff but they sound harmless to me.  Thank you for your input, Researcher."

"Thank you for hearing me out, Doctor."

She inclines her head in acknowledgment.  "I do want to speak further regarding your project, and the interactions you've had with SCP-682 so far.  Is now a good time?"

"Sure."

"You seem to have become very emotionally invested in SCP-682's well-being very quickly.  Maybe due to your history with it.  Am I wrong?"

"...No."

"In some ways its to your credit.  But if you're going to work as a Foundation psychologist - and I think you should, I think you'll be good at it - you need to be careful.  It's true that many anomalies need advocates, including many dangerous or hostile ones, and emotional attachment to or investment in the people you're advocating for can be an important and valuable motivator.  But you need to be careful not to hang your well-being on theirs.  I think you're right that there's low-hanging fruit where SCP-682 is concerned, now that we can communicate with it effectively, but you need to be emotionally prepared for the possibility that you can't help it as much as you're hoping for.  And that even if you can, your next project might not be as successful."

"I don't know that there will be a next project, my comparative advantage seems to be with 682.  But I take your point."