Yatagarasu

Myriad Reality

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

@Memory

*Once it beeps that it's finished, I look over at it and finish growing the brain, making sure to match the old one in structure. Then I attach an IV to her new body's veins that start filling them with the pre-made blood*

Last steps are to get the soul inside it, implant the core, and start the bodily functions. I imagine you want to do either or both of the first two?

Myriad Reality

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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.

@Memory

*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*

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.