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[walking through the halls while looking at some documents. he stops after a while to yawn, rubbing his puffed and tired eyes. he's definitely been up for several days, researching something]

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[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["Is he?"]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

I am, so he should be too.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head. "No. You learned a lot. He hasn't."]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

But he's my replica.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["All that means is he looks like you." looks at his hands, then writes "A replica isn't just another you. He's his own person; he just happens to look like you."]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

Really?

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

[nods]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

I thought he knew everything I did.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

Then he's not really a copy of me.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["He's a copy of everything physical."]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

But he's not a real copy if it's none of the other stuff.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["They can't copy that. Not who you are. He'll be his own person."]

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I didn't know that... I thought he was just like me.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head]

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Then... they really don't want me, they just want anyone who can be a son?

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[closes his eyes, thinking. "If I remember what I've read, they didn't even consider the possibility that who was there wasn't the son that was kidnapped. They didn't even dream that replication was possible, so they rationalized it. They think he's you."]

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But he doesn't know anything I do...

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["I don't quite remember what they rationalized. I think they were convinced you had amnesia."]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

What's that?

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["No memory."]

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That can happen?

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

[nods. "Head trauma, or if something really bad happens like being kidnapped." looks at him pointedly]

[bittygrief.livejournal.com]

But I didn't forget things.

[tearsfrozen.livejournal.com]

["Some people do. They're unable to cope with the trauma and develop amnesia. Usually, this is short-lived."]