Blackbox - Chap (depth 40m)

Blackbox: Sovann, Chap Event: Print loss

AUDIO

SOPHIE: "Okay? You comfy?"

CHAP: "My mouth is full of holes."

SOPHIE: "I'm turning on the nitrogen. Deep breaths. [hiss of gas] You'll have a brand new body. You might even be a little stronger...a little faster. The biobed's got you."

CHAP: "Until it all happens again. The metal...or the Masefield. This planet is poison..."

SOPHIE: "If this works, we can slow down the syndromes by reprinting our bodies. Until we find a cure."

CHAP: "What if there is no cure?"

SOPHIE: "Chap? Sweetie? Don't be scared. NoA will find a way."

CHAP: "That's what I'm afraid of..."

[slow breathing, fading away to nothing]

POSTMORTEM Cause: inert gas asphyxia; nitrogen inhalation Complications: malnutrition, viremia, acute copper poisoning Nearby pioneers: 1 Time: ~240,000 hours ago Reprint: successful (local biobed)

Remarks: therapeutic reprint, supervising physician S. Boucher. Kurultai-level access codes erased

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