[he nods.]

Your feelings suggest that you possess concern for both of them—two different replicated individuals.

Relivers do not have to contend with these questions. [because the original is always dead by the time the reliver is made, and all memories carry over] But they seem to have to make sense of who they are in the world, and their purpose.

Are they their own people? Or are they only meant to follow the footsteps of the person they were created to replace?