Cahcuia tells us that the Endless are just copies and there is evidence this is true. There are two Otises and Erenville is under the impression he will reunite with his mom in the aetherial sea.
However, we are also told that the Endless are made from memory aether and there is also evidence of this. We watch memories separated from souls in Origenics and are told the memory aether is sent to Living Memory. The people evaporate in what looks like memory aether when we turn off the servers. They shouldn't require lifeforce to exist if they are just digital copies of memories and not memory aether. Also, the regulators are extracting memories, so that sounds more like they are removing memory aether, rather than just copying memories.
So which is it? If it's the former then all that's being preserved is data and data shouldn't require lifeforce to maintain. If it's the latter, then we dissipated the one and only version of these people that exists, so they won't get the slower disintegration in the aetherial sea that allows them to watch over friends and family and wait for them, so why would Erenville expect to see his mother there?
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However, we are also told that the Endless are made from memory aether and there is also evidence of this. We watch memories separated from souls in Origenics and are told the memory aether is sent to Living Memory. The people evaporate in what looks like memory aether when we turn off the servers. They shouldn't require lifeforce to exist if they are just digital copies of memories and not memory aether. Also, the regulators are extracting memories, so that sounds more like they are removing memory aether, rather than just copying memories.
So which is it? If it's the former then all that's being preserved is data and data shouldn't require lifeforce to maintain. If it's the latter, then we dissipated the one and only version of these people that exists, so they won't get the slower disintegration in the aetherial sea that allows them to watch over friends and family and wait for them, so why would Erenville expect to see his mother there?
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