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[oddbod]

I have a question about nanites.

[Said casually, but with a certain amount of self-importance. Clara Oswald opens conversations as though they were great doors to be flung.]

They're what bring us back when we die, yeah? They repair what's malfunctioned, like... like a pit team. [She thinks that's what they're called, at least.] But what if nothing's there to fix? That's what I want to know. If there's no body left, there are no nanites left, so the Porter just... rematerializes you? Plops down a backup file? If there's too much damage to fix, what exactly happens?

[It's all asked in a very matter-of-fact, academic tone. Clara could maybe use a lecture on morbidity from her past self.]

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[curada]

[Corpse science! His favorite thing.]

I would concur with those whose belief is the Porter manifests the subject before their demise. There is a question of memory, however; while a body can be recovered from an earlier time - what explains a memory extending to the point of death? Ah! Perhaps the body is not recovered whole?

[And thus everything's frankenstein'd together. No jokes, Doctor.]

[oddbod]

Yeah, that's where it gets a little complicated. I suppose it depends on your concept of body and mind. But in the process, something comes from somewhere. Memory is recovered, or form regenerated, and I want to know how it happens.

[curada]

I feel that you are not alone in that endeavour. There are others here with a fervant longing to pierce the secrets of the device that brought us here; if everyone applied themselves more particularily to a single field, progress might be made. Unless there is a personal reason to explore recovered memory, of course?

[oddbod]

It's not the recovered memory I'm after. It's a bit more... physical. More body than mind.

[curada]

Your intentions seem somewhat focused. Might I enquire as to why they're fixated on physical memory in particular? I could better assist you.

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[oddbod]

My body doesn't work, and no one can fix it. I'm trying to do a hard reset, so to speak.

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[curada]

My, that is unfortunate. I should think that it causes you the greatest agitation. Regardless, I am a doctor. You must pardon me if I ask you to elaborate on the reasons you believe it doesn't function.

[oddbod]

Well, I can elaborate, but I'm not sure how much sense it'll make. My body was frozen in time by a piece of technology, stuck between heartbeats. I hoped being a universe away from all that would break the time loop, but I suppose it wasn't enough.