Externalization did not promise the other voice a body.
The registry displayed the method beside discard, preserve, and recombine. Jiang kept his selection open while Aylin read every consequence aloud.
[DIVERGENCE METHOD:EXTERNALIZE]
[Alternate branch removed from current containment1]
[Living body granted0]
[Physical matter granted0]
[Soul status assigned0]
[Identity assigned0]
[Current-choice status assigned0]
[Destruction0 | recombination0]
[Return to containment0]
[External route required1]
The method would end the chamber's ability to hold the branch. It would not make the branch Jiang, prove it was a person, or guarantee that anything outside would remain safe from its conclusions.
"You would be releasing an adversarial record-state," Aylin said.
The old voice answered from behind the seam. "You would be releasing me."
"We can record both claims," Jiang said.
[RISK DISCLOSURE]
[Independent output1]
[Memory-bearing1]
[Current observation1]
