[ which speaks loosely to his theories about what might have occurred with the elders. but it's been some few hundred years since he's even been to harlan's world and the politics of what's happening there are far out of his hands. he wonders if he'll ever even go back home at all. maybe once he makes it out of this station, and once he finishes bancroft's case. would going back even matter with nothing left for him there?
he gives a squint at the doctor's scavenge for food, eyeing the snacks for a moment when they're set upon the table before picking one up and bringing it up against his nose. it's not that he's suspicious of it necessarily, but he's not much for sugar. ryker's taste buds definitely haven't improved on that.
but since he's starving, he takes a bite anyway. ]
The stacks are pretty durable, but it's more about the data that's inside — the actual consciousness. Bodies still run their course like normal for any human, aging like they should unless cloned, but that data can be bounced around a few centuries give or take. Too much transferring between sleeves and you risk personality frag, but with the right amount of money, you can get away with making it last however long you want.
[ like bancroft. like every other meth he's met since he woke up. drawing out their greedy lives as long as they want. ]
Some people tried to put a 100-year long expiration on DHF to keep it from getting out of control — [ the envoys. his people. ] Didn't work.
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[ which speaks loosely to his theories about what might have occurred with the elders. but it's been some few hundred years since he's even been to harlan's world and the politics of what's happening there are far out of his hands. he wonders if he'll ever even go back home at all. maybe once he makes it out of this station, and once he finishes bancroft's case. would going back even matter with nothing left for him there?
he gives a squint at the doctor's scavenge for food, eyeing the snacks for a moment when they're set upon the table before picking one up and bringing it up against his nose. it's not that he's suspicious of it necessarily, but he's not much for sugar. ryker's taste buds definitely haven't improved on that.
but since he's starving, he takes a bite anyway. ]
The stacks are pretty durable, but it's more about the data that's inside — the actual consciousness. Bodies still run their course like normal for any human, aging like they should unless cloned, but that data can be bounced around a few centuries give or take. Too much transferring between sleeves and you risk personality frag, but with the right amount of money, you can get away with making it last however long you want.
[ like bancroft. like every other meth he's met since he woke up. drawing out their greedy lives as long as they want. ]
Some people tried to put a 100-year long expiration on DHF to keep it from getting out of control — [ the envoys. his people. ] Didn't work.