[ though he still leaves it up to anyone else to decide for themselves, but most days, he prefers that people carry that expectation of him, since usually the opposite means that he ends up letting people down eventually.
at least the machine seems to be doing its thing, though whether or not he ends up testing it out for himself too depends on the final result. even still, he's not in a rush, having his smoke while he debates how to answer her question. ]
If you're asking, I'm gonna say you don't know about sleeve death. [ or rather, that she doesn't have it where she's from. it's been stranger to explain this part lately since it's the standard in his world. ] The body's just a sleeve. Anything happens to it, it's just organic damage. [ with his free hand, he brings his fingers up to the back of his neck, tapping lightly. ] Everybody's got a stack implanted in the base of their skull. Sleeve goes to shit? As long as the stack's still good, they could just put it into a new body. The politics are a bit more bullshit to run through, but that's the science.
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[ though he still leaves it up to anyone else to decide for themselves, but most days, he prefers that people carry that expectation of him, since usually the opposite means that he ends up letting people down eventually.
at least the machine seems to be doing its thing, though whether or not he ends up testing it out for himself too depends on the final result. even still, he's not in a rush, having his smoke while he debates how to answer her question. ]
If you're asking, I'm gonna say you don't know about sleeve death. [ or rather, that she doesn't have it where she's from. it's been stranger to explain this part lately since it's the standard in his world. ] The body's just a sleeve. Anything happens to it, it's just organic damage. [ with his free hand, he brings his fingers up to the back of his neck, tapping lightly. ] Everybody's got a stack implanted in the base of their skull. Sleeve goes to shit? As long as the stack's still good, they could just put it into a new body. The politics are a bit more bullshit to run through, but that's the science.