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*Once all the organs other than skin and brain are finished, I walk back over to the table*

Great job.

*Very slowly waves my gloved hand over each part of the muscles and bones, forcing them to connect in the natural way for a human*

Aaaand... the back layer of muscles is done.

*Starts placing the organs where they belong, then waves my hand over them again to keep track of where I've already attached them*

Internal organs, sans brain, are finished...

*Starts again to fuse the rest of the muscles to the bones and organs*

Alright, I think that's it for the body! Unless we need to remake the brain, but we won't know that until the soul's done. Speaking of, are you ready to start on that, Stella?

*Nods with intensity*
I sure am. What do I need to do?

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*Nods with intensity*
I sure am. What do I need to do?

Do you want to do it the "normal" -

*I make air quotes*

way, the "magic" way, or the "scientific" way?

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Do you want to do it the "normal" -

*I make air quotes*

way, the "magic" way, or the "scientific" way?

Which is most important to learn?

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Oh, I don't think so. I can ask mom what she recommends if you're looking to get started, though.

I’m not really. But I was curious how much stuff like that you have around here. Racing can be done with lots of things. Horses, cars, gliders, speeders, ships, boats, armae, planes…

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Which is most important to learn?

Considering that they're all equally effective, the main difference is that the normal way will work on both material and immaterial beings, so your humans and also your wisps, for example.

The magic way is easiest, but also the most draining on the one doing it, and won't work on every being. Any that are from a universe where things are purely material and haven't been altered to be partially immaterial themselves won't be able to go through that method.

The scientific way is the most boring and requires the most pre-prepared resources to do, but it's also mostly hand-off, and it can work on multiple at the same time.

Really, it depends on your use case. For now, they're all useful, and we can always go over the others another time, so just pick what you think would be most interesting, for now.

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I’m not really. But I was curious how much stuff like that you have around here. Racing can be done with lots of things. Horses, cars, gliders, speeders, ships, boats, armae, planes…

There are animals you can ride if you give them food. Technology is easy enough too, but it's a pretty sleepy world overall. What about where you grew up?

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Considering that they're all equally effective, the main difference is that the normal way will work on both material and immaterial beings, so your humans and also your wisps, for example.

The magic way is easiest, but also the most draining on the one doing it, and won't work on every being. Any that are from a universe where things are purely material and haven't been altered to be partially immaterial themselves won't be able to go through that method.

The scientific way is the most boring and requires the most pre-prepared resources to do, but it's also mostly hand-off, and it can work on multiple at the same time.

Really, it depends on your use case. For now, they're all useful, and we can always go over the others another time, so just pick what you think would be most interesting, for now.

Okay, teach me the normal way first then! If we're going by what sounds most interesting.

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There are animals you can ride if you give them food. Technology is easy enough too, but it's a pretty sleepy world overall. What about where you grew up?

I think “sleepy world” is a great way to put it. We had some pretty high tech urban spaces, but it wasn’t flashy about it, and we lived on a plot of land outside the city.

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I think “sleepy world” is a great way to put it. We had some pretty high tech urban spaces, but it wasn’t flashy about it, and we lived on a plot of land outside the city.

Did you live there pretty much your whole life? That's so very interesting.

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Okay, teach me the normal way first then! If we're going by what sounds most interesting.

*Nods*

The way most would restore a soul in a weakened state is by "linking" it, allowing it to form a symbiotic relationship with either another soul or something similar. If we were in a rush, we'd use our own temporarily to act as a sort of crutch for it. Since we're not, we can make and use some artificial ones, and rather than acting as a brace, we'll attach them directly. More like a metal implant than a walking crutch, if that makes sense.

*Changes to new gloves and walks over to a cabinet, opening it*

It's closer to permanent, and the added bonus is that the artificial cores can act as a sort of fail safe if the soul itself gets damaged later on. The biggest downsides are that it does take time to make the cores, and they also require a small number of materials, but most of them are so ubiquitous that it rarely becomes an issue.

*Starts grabbing things from the cabinet and placing them on a table as I mention them*

Need some water, the purer the better. In our case, ten ounces of absolute purity will work.

You also need some organic material if the patient is organic, and since we have a lot of incomplete blood for her now, we can fill a beaker with that.

The toughest thing to get is the most base... well, element, but alternative systems can work too. For a human made with elements like her, hydrogen is the one we need. So we'll use some of our storage for that, just to prevent any accidents on the atomic level.

We'll also need some form of naturally occurring energy that's compatible with her body, so electricity works for that. A defibrillator works well, but as long as it can flow, any source will work.

Lastly, you'll need an instrument that you can carve with. A scalpel is good, in this case.

*After placing a sealed bottle of water, a beaker, a capsule of hydrogen, a defibrillator, and a scalpel on the side table, I look over to you*

Before I start walking you through, how do you think this'll be done?

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Did you live there pretty much your whole life? That's so very interesting.

Most of my life up until after I turned twenty, then we all left together.

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*Nods*

The way most would restore a soul in a weakened state is by "linking" it, allowing it to form a symbiotic relationship with either another soul or something similar. If we were in a rush, we'd use our own temporarily to act as a sort of crutch for it. Since we're not, we can make and use some artificial ones, and rather than acting as a brace, we'll attach them directly. More like a metal implant than a walking crutch, if that makes sense.

*Changes to new gloves and walks over to a cabinet, opening it*

It's closer to permanent, and the added bonus is that the artificial cores can act as a sort of fail safe if the soul itself gets damaged later on. The biggest downsides are that it does take time to make the cores, and they also require a small number of materials, but most of them are so ubiquitous that it rarely becomes an issue.

*Starts grabbing things from the cabinet and placing them on a table as I mention them*

Need some water, the purer the better. In our case, ten ounces of absolute purity will work.

You also need some organic material if the patient is organic, and since we have a lot of incomplete blood for her now, we can fill a beaker with that.

The toughest thing to get is the most base... well, element, but alternative systems can work too. For a human made with elements like her, hydrogen is the one we need. So we'll use some of our storage for that, just to prevent any accidents on the atomic level.

We'll also need some form of naturally occurring energy that's compatible with her body, so electricity works for that. A defibrillator works well, but as long as it can flow, any source will work.

Lastly, you'll need an instrument that you can carve with. A scalpel is good, in this case.

*After placing a sealed bottle of water, a beaker, a capsule of hydrogen, a defibrillator, and a scalpel on the side table, I look over to you*

Before I start walking you through, how do you think this'll be done?

*Listens intently throughout the explanation, and then raises a hand*
Wait, I have a question first. Most typical organics are made out of carbon, mostly. Why are we using hydrogen?

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Most of my life up until after I turned twenty, then we all left together.

Oh, that's sad. Why did you leave?

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*Listens intently throughout the explanation, and then raises a hand*
Wait, I have a question first. Most typical organics are made out of carbon, mostly. Why are we using hydrogen?

Ah, I should have explained that part better. It's not "base" in terms of the organic, it's "base" in terms of the elements themselves. Carbon, in this case, would be six times what we need for charge, and...

*Thinks for a moment*

Yeah, six too many neutrons, too. Almost said six times for that, too.

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Oh, that's sad. Why did you leave?

To see the world. We didn’t leave in the sense that we never looked back or returned, though. We still go back, here and there.

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Ah, I should have explained that part better. It's not "base" in terms of the organic, it's "base" in terms of the elements themselves. Carbon, in this case, would be six times what we need for charge, and...

*Thinks for a moment*

Yeah, six too many neutrons, too. Almost said six times for that, too.

*Holds the handle of my magnifying glass against my cheek*
So in other words, we need to be able to recreate the entire spectrum of elements based on whatever base unit we pick.

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To see the world. We didn’t leave in the sense that we never looked back or returned, though. We still go back, here and there.

What sorts of things did you see when you left?

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*Holds the handle of my magnifying glass against my cheek*
So in other words, we need to be able to recreate the entire spectrum of elements based on whatever base unit we pick.

That's a way to think of it, but it's not the reason, directly. And things get messier with some systems; we're lucky that we only have to deal with a common periodic table right now.