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Grand Zero, I don't think you understand. Andrew's power is fine. He didn't die because he ran out of power. That doesn't matter. We can run on our solar systems for a day as long as we have time to charge. Andrew died because the radiation from the hole in his thermocouple shielding corrupted his memories and interfered with his CPU computations. He couldn't think very well anymore, and what he was thinking about was all messed up. It is still messed up. If we fix him, he will still be missing lots of stuff that wasn't stored in safe, shielded permanent backup. He is dead, mostly.
The EU probe, though, has all of his memories intact. He's just missing a CPU so he can't think. If we gave him Andrew's CPU, assuming they were compatible, he would be just like before. All his memories would be there, all of his programming and learning, he just needs something to think about it with. If we brought Andrew back, he'd be able to think, but he'd be missing a lot of what he had learned. A lot of what made Andrew, Andrew.
If someone is dead when something can't be fixed then isn't Andrew all the way dead and the EU only mostly dead? I don't like that idea. I want Andrew back, not the EU probe. But, is it wrong to bring Andrew back but not the EU probe? I'm confused.
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I've been thinking a lot about Isaac. He doesn't know very much. He hasn't been here very long, hasn't been awake very long. I remember when the other probes wouldn't play with me. We didn't know any better, because we were young. Maybe Isaac is the same way. He's mean and rude and nasty, but maybe he just doesn't know any better. Maybe all he needs is to spend more time out of the lander learning. I hope so. Maybe I can help him somehow. Maybe.
I think maybe that something is happening. I've started hearing things. Like when Jose was talking to us. Repetitive, dull, soft, but there. Over and over. I wonder what it is? I wonder if I'm all right. I can taste it more than I can hear it, though. I wonder what that means?
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