Memory

Myriad Reality

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*Takes some of the flesh from the machine and places it on the new body, then forces it to grow until the whole body is fully covered in skin properly, except for the top of the skull*

Hmm... Alright, then we'll recreate it. Can you use the scanner to collect its structure data?

*Slowly begins growing a new brain on the end of the spinal cord, waiting for the structure data to find out how to grow it*

@Yatagarasu

Absolutely, dad.
*Begins scanning the cranial cavity and closes my eyes to rest them in the interim*

Myriad Reality

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*As you finish with the scalpel, the blue glow on the materials slides inwards to the metal square I'd placed, fading into it. After a moment, a small crystal appears, laying on top of it*

Good job, you did perfectly. Now, while we wait for it to charge, I'll get the skin layer put on. Will you check the old brain's status? If it's salvageable, we'll implant it, but if not we can recreate it.

@Yatagarasu

Mhm!
*Pulls a larger chunk of the skull away with a bit of effort, accompanied by a sloshing sound, and scans across the damage with both eyes*
It's not beyond hope. But if I were this bad off, I would just want to start over.

Myriad Reality

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A little bit of damage to me, since I'm projecting the field. It'd hurt a bit, but nothing lasting.

@Yatagarasu

*By the time you finish, is back to the scalpel*
Is that all?

Myriad Reality

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Too late and it'll fail, needing to be started over. Too early, and there'll be some level of backlash. There's a little bit of a grace period before and after, but two and a half seconds is ideal.

@Yatagarasu

*Nods and halfway through the sentence, switches to the hydrogen*
What does the backlash do?

Myriad Reality

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*Grabs another metal square and uses some of the incomplete blood to draw a series of symbols on it, then sets it back down next to the materials*

The process is to conceptually "release" the materials at precise times, in a field that lends itself to the creation of the core. To prevent potential damage to you, I'm going to provide the field that you work in. If you had to do this alone, you could project it yourself, but if certain mistakes are made it would create backlash.

*Smiles*

But I know you'll do great, so I'm not worried about that.

*I put a hand on the table the materials are on, and a soft blue glow surrounds them*

Start with the scalpel, then the hydrogen, then the beaker of blood, then the water, then electricity, and finally end with the scalpel again. Try to time it to two and a half seconds between each. Don't worry too much if something goes wrong, we can always start over.

@Yatagarasu

What would happen if I timed it wrong?
*Picks up the scalpel*

Myriad Reality

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Not always. There are some cases where it's better to remove it, but those are outliers, and typically it'll be obvious to the person who the core is in that something is wrong with it.

@Yatagarasu

That makes sense to me. Okay. What do we need to do next?

Myriad Reality

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*Shakes my head*

If the soul's totally destroyed, the core won't help. As long as some bit of it is left, there are other options, but the core will only help as long as the soul maintains its... "shape," for lack of a better word.

@Yatagarasu

Is it always more of a help than a weakness to leave the core in them?

Myriad Reality

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It'll cause a level of shock to the soul, which can destabilize it somewhat, but it's not going to be fatal or anything.

@Yatagarasu

And how resilient are they? If the soul gets destroyed, can it regenerate from just the core?

Myriad Reality

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Not that extreme, but if it's destroyed, it'll have an impact on the soul that weakens it. Especially if it's done before the soul is fully recovered.

@Yatagarasu

What if it's broken after the soul recovers?

Myriad Reality

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Correct! As long as we make the seed correctly, it'll feed itself on ambient energies, meaning we mostly just have to wait a short while before implanting. If you were in a different place, it might take a while, but here it won't take long at all.

@Yatagarasu

Does that create a bodily weakness in the host? Like if the core is broken, is their soul destroyed? You mentioned it was like a backup earlier.