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The reason zombies can't work--can't work in world without magic--is all down to micro-tears. Say you could keep away the decay, say you could eradicate the little parasites we all have in our skin just waiting for us to keel over. You'd still last maybe a few weeks as a walking corpse.

If you're dead, there's nothing in your head and nothing pumped through your heart to mend and adapt, and you'd just fall apart, little by little.

This death tolling, maybe it's the Admiral failing to patch back up the parts of your brains that know how to adapt to the wear and tear of being alive.

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[his_drededfate]

If I may, have you ever experienced this death toll?

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[routemistress]

this breach wasn't a natural one. I think the ship normally takes care of that by herself - bridges the gap to bring us back into ourselves mostly unscathed.

she was being controlled this time, her purpose twisted. by someone that didn't care what damage he did to us so long as he could regain his personal cloudcuckooland. His delusion of control.

[Iris is really, really angry.]

I'm running tests on affected people as soon as I can get up again. If you didn't die I could use some blood and tissue samples, if you're up for it.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara doesn't bother to hide the grimace.] That's one possibility.

[darknessb4me]

Conjecture.