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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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[oddbod]

Nah, that's old hat. It's the bodies that I want to know about, and how they're remade.

[andaway]

Personally I'm more worried about the consciousness. Clones are not unheard of in my world, bodies are doable.

But not someone's memories. Not what makes you you. How do you copy that?