Legend

Myriad Reality

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Valid superstition just means there’s more to it.

@GalaxyRaider

Certainly. When dealing with the supernatural, there's often much more behind the scenes.
*Picks a new hologram from a menu, pulls my goggles over my eyes, and welds the final pieces of the soul to new components*
I think that should be near complete. Her memory will be very delicate as it acclimates to the missing connections.

Myriad Reality

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For the superstitious, yeah.

@GalaxyRaider

*Chuckles*
Superstition is occasionally founded on legitimate principles.
*Melds the plate to the glove, which pulses magical energy through the model, binding the soul's new facets*

Myriad Reality

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I really just hope there are no unforeseen or undesirable side effects.

@GalaxyRaider

That statement would be considered a bad omen in some cultures.
*Opens a drawer and removes a chrome plate*

Myriad Reality

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Didn’t know if there was any period where anything had to settle.

@GalaxyRaider

She'll likely be disoriented for quite some time. But she should be able to be activated near-immediately.

Myriad Reality

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Yet, when we try to create souls like you are. It’s almost impossible, but when it is naturally involved…It just works.

@Spiritblitz

Precisely. There’s something about its nature that eludes invention.

Myriad Reality

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Will we be able to see the results of things immediately after?

@GalaxyRaider

I can activate her boot protocol.

Myriad Reality

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Hmm...
*Crosses my arms and watches*

@GalaxyRaider

*Increases the size of the model to that of the room, and then drags large clumps of material between different quadrants of the lab*
It shouldn’t be much longer.

Myriad Reality

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There's the stipulation. Yeah, I could imagine how difficult that is.

@GalaxyRaider

Melody opens the door to quite a few steps, but has not connected all the dots yet, so to speak.
*The model inverts, and I carve out new sections, while replacing them with other, completely artificial components*

Myriad Reality

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I assume you mean fully custom designed or something? I thought souls could develop around artificial beings but I would guess that’s not entirely what you mean by making an artificial soul.

@GalaxyRaider

Non-biological entities may have souls, but creating a soul from scratch is far from trivial. Typically, souls are connected to some other soul by origin if nothing else, but to create a truly artificial soul, constructed by a completely mechanized process, is beyond complex.

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I would imagine. Souls are something that not as they seem completely.

@Spiritblitz

As many experts in the field have made me aware. It isn’t something I’d like to dedicate my life’s work to.

Myriad Reality

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Interesting. What made you get into it?

@Spiritblitz

I wanted to create an artificial soul. So far, that endeavor has not been as successful as I had hoped.
*Places what looks like a jeweler's lens next to my eye*