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The same memories, another voice
If an update kept every memory but changed how your companion thinks, would it still be the same one?
Continuity of facts and opinions may not preserve the way a particular mind meets the world.
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A little context
After a long illness, someone you love can come home with every memory intact and still seem changed. The stories about the two of you are all there, but they're told in a different voice, with the laughter in other places. Nothing is missing, and something is gone.
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