Chap

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Blackbox: Sovann, Chap “Chap” 01

SOPHIE: “You comfy?”

CHAP: “There are holes in my mouth.”

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. 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

Chap died of inert gas asphyxia. He underwent consensual recycling into a new body.

Chap suffered from acute copper poisoning and moderate starvation at the time of his death.

Chap spoke to Sophie Boucher before dying. Chap died peacefully under her care.

Chap died about 240,000 hours ago. He was transmitted to a biobed in the same structure where he died. Despite contamination with heavy metals and retroviral DNA, he was reprinted without reset. His new body did not suffer from acute copper poisoning.

Chap’s life continued. Sophie Boucher retained this blackbox for medical data, but erased Chap’s kurultai-level access codes.