The body's just a vessel. [he taps his fingers against his temple] This is where the magic happens. [as long as they got his mind preserved right (and as far as he can tell, as far as anyone can comment on their own consciousness, they did), then he's fine with the idea of not being real otherwise. he's still him]
[though, as he drops his hand back to the table, he can't help but smile wryly:] Though, if we're all just -- just copies, physically, I wish whoever in charge here would have fixed my leg. [a beat] I'd say I guess they were going for accuracy, but. [nothing else is accurate, here. just look at how light works, how wind does, how hunger and sleep do now and will later, and so on. of all the things to get right, why'd it have to be his disability?]
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The body's just a vessel. [he taps his fingers against his temple] This is where the magic happens. [as long as they got his mind preserved right (and as far as he can tell, as far as anyone can comment on their own consciousness, they did), then he's fine with the idea of not being real otherwise. he's still him]
[though, as he drops his hand back to the table, he can't help but smile wryly:] Though, if we're all just -- just copies, physically, I wish whoever in charge here would have fixed my leg. [a beat] I'd say I guess they were going for accuracy, but. [nothing else is accurate, here. just look at how light works, how wind does, how hunger and sleep do now and will later, and so on. of all the things to get right, why'd it have to be his disability?]