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who else feels like their "past self" should have remained dead? i can't be the only one.

unrelated: has anyone had the misfortune of being granted injuries or scars from their past lives?

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We've had a few. The docs are starting to get used to seeing people about them.

Color me skeptical about the idea that it's unrelated, though.

wonderful. apparently i'll have that to look forward to, then.

[Great. Awesome.]

fine, it's slightly related. i was just thinking about a memory i received recently.

Stayed dead. You're one of the group of people who has seen the person Retrospec is showing them die?

it's just a guess. our past selves' worlds had to be destroyed for us to end up here, yes? even aside from that, i can't imagine the person i was not dying from some conflict or another.

i wouldn't be surprised if the injury i remembered was the cause. it wasn't the best situation.

I’m starting to believe that maybe these people that Retrospec are showing us are real. I’m not willing to give them much more than that yet. Other worlds.

But injuries. Some people have had the scars or marks show up without any memory of how they could’ve happened to somebody. You got it the other way around? A memory but no mark?

if what we're seeing is real, then space travel to far-off planets exists. i have to accept both or neither by the nature of what i've been shown.

that's right. more specifically, i remembered the moment i got the injury. it wasn't exactly a minor thing.

...Space travel?

To planets that aren’t Earth? Planets that people live on that are not Earth?

I realize this is very serious conversation, but that’s incredible. How? What is it like?

[Ren appreciates the distraction, honestly. And out of everything from his memories... yeah, space travel is pretty great.]

I only remember a desert planet as far as specifics, but yes, people lived there. I'd apparently been to others as well, as it was snowing in a forest in one of my other memories. That could have been Earth, but I'm not sure.

All I remember about the travel itself is that the ship I was on had simulated gravity inside it. The workings behind it, I don't know. I'm not a rocket engineer.

A whole planet of desert? Like putting an atmosphere around Mars. I can imagine it. Wow.

That's still incredible. Something very unlike the rockets we have now. Space flight is so hard on the human body, just staying in orbit, wouldn't you need the simulated gravity for longer flights?

Sorry, bet you don't know, but this is one of the most amazing things I've heard yet.

it really didn't feel any different from being inside a building. if a bit on the cold side.

if i recall anything else about it, i'll be sure to let you know. it's better than talking about the specific things i was doing.

Please do. I'm sorry I don't have anything nearly as interesting to share in response.

I think I already told you about the Tachikoma, spider robot tanks. They had artificial intelligence, though. It seems interesting.

it's still interesting, even if it's not space.

i remember seeing your model, at least. were they something that you could actually drive, or did they run completely by themselves? if you remember.

Both, actually! You could drive them, but they could function on their own, as well, because of the AI. It was almost like the AI would assist you while you were driving, too.

It's so strange, because I can remember what the viewscreens looked like, how much information you would have to keep track of, but I don't know what it was all for now.

[Cool...]

you wouldn't have happened to see any self-driving cars in your memories, would you?

[Obviously military is going to have the best technology, but... can that technology go ahead and be a thing here too? Advanced vehicles and stuff? Please?]

Nothing that I've seen, but if other advanced machines are possible? I guess I wouldn't be surprised.

ai existing makes me think something like that would be easy in comparison.

is that the only kind of different technology you've remembered?

Maybe the AI isn't advanced enough for them to trust them with driving alone. The Tachikomas were...childlike, is the best way I can put it.

I've also seen cybernetics, as in people that can have additional mechanical parts added to themselves, or replacements for body parts that they've lost, maybe.

childlike ai. interesting.

so something like a not so far off future. or at least as far as science fiction suggests.

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Yeah. There's one other piece to it, a book I got back, dated 2030. So, not too far, but far enough.

that seems so soon, but i suppose it's not entirely implausible...

if only this sort of thing was all we had to worry about.

I'd take just some worries over potential futures over all the rest of it, you're right.

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