@anonymous

[stabilis]

Kind of forward for a first date, I know, but do any of you have access to tech that can give a guy a clean brain scan? Looking for foreign organics, not the chip.

And has anyone tested the limits of the empathy bond? If not, consider this recruitment for some extreme handholding. Also forward, but I promise I'll buy you a drink as soon as I get my allowance.

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@bellamy.blake

[deployed]

What are you hoping to find? A way to reverse the effects?

[stabilis]

Sure. Or control them, or make sure they're just an inconvenience and not a potential threat. It's going to be difficult to do anything if we don't make the effort to understand the link.

[deployed]

Do you think you could get it out if it was a threat?

[stabilis]

Seems like other people have already tried. But long-term, maybe. Figuring out how it works might make it easier to understand how it's integrated with our systems and how to make it stop integrating.

[deployed]

I didn't think there was any quick fix for it.

Have you dealt with something like this before? Something foreign invading the body?

[stabilis]

Yeah. An alien parasite.

Similar in that it gave people superpowers, less similar in that it took away their ability to think for themselves. But I think the second part was more of a customization, not inherent to the parasite.