Yatagarasu

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

*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.

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

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

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

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.

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

*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.

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

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.

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

*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.

Myriad Reality

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What if it's broken after the soul recovers?

@Memory

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.

Myriad Reality

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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.

@Memory

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.

Myriad Reality

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*Nods and glances in a semi-circle pattern, processing*
So we'll create the seed of a core, feed it until it's sustainable, then implant it into the body?

@Memory

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.

Myriad Reality

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Is it the most basic stuff the soul will naturally move toward? It's familiar?

@Memory

In part, yes. The goal of this method is to create a core that is compatible with the soul, and the reason we use an element compatible with the body is familiarity. But the reason we need a "start" is for the core's formation; we have to conceptually "progress" or else it will be stagnant and unable to feed the soul.