Chapter 27 page 4 ~ The upgrade after that was a security patch for Internet Explorer.
Jul19
Miranda (narrating): . . . It doesn’t work.
The prototype Beings are soulless shambles that only exist for long enough to fall apart.
So we can’t create new souls. What about tethering a golem to the ones that already exist? That does the trick. A secondhand soul is enough to run a passable Being on. In the next upgrade, they come with a self-perpetuating Contract that can sense when a connection is lost, and seek out a new one to replace it.
Bianca: “We’re so bright and so warm.”
. . . That was how Patrick put it. Or else he would put it in terms that sounded more religious than anything . . . and both of those would sure be explained by an origin like this.
okay, so NOT the Dove.
I’m still thinking that the Dove is one of, if not the first one to work – at least with an animal-based form.
Ah. Hence the fate of the Mouse. Poor critter.
So their first condition is not the Game, but the presence of a Master. That makes sense.