The Vesmier stops at a small den – they're a popular place, on this TARDIS – and holds the door open, looking over what she's shown him. At the moment he'll approach this as a logical puzzle, a structural puzzle, categorically disallowing himself judgement or emotional reaction. There's a knot of implications and circumstances he can't quite qualify, in any case – things that don't exist on his Gallifrey, things he has no analogue for.
But the exact mechanics of how the damage was done is not so important as the form the damage has taken. And as for that...
The Vesmier is beginning to wonder if this sort of damage is indicative of the species or the people who come through the Rift.
He motions her to a seat.
:: I can't claim to understand all the intricacies, :: he apologizes. :: But something can be done – for this purpose, if nothing else. ::
He might be able to fix it – pull everything into a fine working order – even if he doesn't understand it. But she said it, herself – the key here is not to be fixes. The challenge here is preserving the damage and functionality both.
:: What I would propose, to support these tactics, would be in crudest terms, a dissociation, :: he says. :: In most ideal terms, a regimentation. The damaged segments left near the surface of consciousness, in order to... entice Instagur Thane. :: And there's no concealing a flash of distaste, though quickly smoothed out, on that. :: While at a deeper mental level would be a much more secure structure to which you could withdraw. This would also be ideal to use in our communications. Between these two states would be a set of inclinations and instincts functioning as a simulacrum – on their own they would likely appear in a state of catatonia, but they would provide enough reactivity to allow you not to invest all of yourself in the constant effort of dealing with the man.
:: The majority of your consciousness would be rooted in the more solid structure. This would suggest, though not require, the partial or total suppression of certain parts of consciousness, certain values of identity which are not already compromised. Any nonessential parts of your mind would simply be put to sleep, with simple triggers in place if you needed to wake them. This would allow considerable damage to be done to the active portions without rendering you ultimately unable to function. ::
...and at that he has to pause, take a moment to steady himself, because this...
Moral qualms of duplicating his own consciousness into a commodity aside, this is a moral area he's had the good fortune so far in his life not to skirt. On Gallifrey, psychics as highly-rated as he is are still accorded a certain degree of wariness or even fear, because the damage they could do to another's mind is staggering. And he might not be the one doing the damage, but he's quickly becoming complicit in allowing that sort of damage to be done – and while he's acting to make sure that Suzie, the entity, the holistic functioning being, will endure through this, he's proposing to leave the most fragile and vulnerable parts of her psyche open as an offering to a man he knows will exploit them.
It's not often he wishes that his Doctor were with him – not often he allows himself to. But at the moment, he wants for that familiarity, and for someone he knows so intimately who's more acquainted with this sort of moral grey than he is.
:: ...there would need to be a high degree of your conscious thought available to move between the two states, :: he continues. He can't protect her, not entirely. She will feel this. :: Otherwise you would be unable to interact with him, or to evaluate, re-evaluate, act. But this would effectively give Thane a... :: He searches for an analogue, borrows one from half-remembered conversations with his own Doctor, tries to fit it in. :: ...doll, to impact, which you would control but be able to separate yourself from.
:: To do this would be both far-reaching and invasive, moreso than placing a filter on your Rift perception. I cannot predict the fine details of how this would affect your functioning, or he way in which you would function once it was undone. But it would preserve you. ::
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But the exact mechanics of how the damage was done is not so important as the form the damage has taken. And as for that...
The Vesmier is beginning to wonder if this sort of damage is indicative of the species or the people who come through the Rift.
He motions her to a seat.
:: I can't claim to understand all the intricacies, :: he apologizes. :: But something can be done – for this purpose, if nothing else. ::
He might be able to fix it – pull everything into a fine working order – even if he doesn't understand it. But she said it, herself – the key here is not to be fixes. The challenge here is preserving the damage and functionality both.
:: What I would propose, to support these tactics, would be in crudest terms, a dissociation, :: he says. :: In most ideal terms, a regimentation. The damaged segments left near the surface of consciousness, in order to... entice Instagur Thane. :: And there's no concealing a flash of distaste, though quickly smoothed out, on that. :: While at a deeper mental level would be a much more secure structure to which you could withdraw. This would also be ideal to use in our communications. Between these two states would be a set of inclinations and instincts functioning as a simulacrum – on their own they would likely appear in a state of catatonia, but they would provide enough reactivity to allow you not to invest all of yourself in the constant effort of dealing with the man.
:: The majority of your consciousness would be rooted in the more solid structure. This would suggest, though not require, the partial or total suppression of certain parts of consciousness, certain values of identity which are not already compromised. Any nonessential parts of your mind would simply be put to sleep, with simple triggers in place if you needed to wake them. This would allow considerable damage to be done to the active portions without rendering you ultimately unable to function. ::
...and at that he has to pause, take a moment to steady himself, because this...
Moral qualms of duplicating his own consciousness into a commodity aside, this is a moral area he's had the good fortune so far in his life not to skirt. On Gallifrey, psychics as highly-rated as he is are still accorded a certain degree of wariness or even fear, because the damage they could do to another's mind is staggering. And he might not be the one doing the damage, but he's quickly becoming complicit in allowing that sort of damage to be done – and while he's acting to make sure that Suzie, the entity, the holistic functioning being, will endure through this, he's proposing to leave the most fragile and vulnerable parts of her psyche open as an offering to a man he knows will exploit them.
It's not often he wishes that his Doctor were with him – not often he allows himself to. But at the moment, he wants for that familiarity, and for someone he knows so intimately who's more acquainted with this sort of moral grey than he is.
:: ...there would need to be a high degree of your conscious thought available to move between the two states, :: he continues. He can't protect her, not entirely. She will feel this. :: Otherwise you would be unable to interact with him, or to evaluate, re-evaluate, act. But this would effectively give Thane a... :: He searches for an analogue, borrows one from half-remembered conversations with his own Doctor, tries to fit it in. :: ...doll, to impact, which you would control but be able to separate yourself from.
:: To do this would be both far-reaching and invasive, moreso than placing a filter on your Rift perception. I cannot predict the fine details of how this would affect your functioning, or he way in which you would function once it was undone. But it would preserve you. ::