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Automated luxury space communism, perhaps?
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That's something she doesn't know, she's an uploaded mind but she doesn't know if that's common. They do have uniform acceleration fields so cylinders specifically aren't necessary.

Inside the medical building, the floors and the ceiling and the bits of the wall that aren't white frosted glass are all painted white  At the center of the room is a bed that closely resembles a hospital bed in size. On one end it has a hole like you would see on a massage table. The sides are metallic and seem to have flaps. There are clearly distinct segments to the bed. There's also cupboards made of metal mounted to the walls. Up above there's some very intricate and almost delicate. It's a little like a telesurgery machine but with a lot more limbs and some of the limbs end in what looks to be a fuzzy patch of something too small to make out. The rig is mounted high enough that she can sit on the bed without hitting her head. Overall, the impression is of sterility and function over form.

"Please lie face down on the bed. I will be sedating you for this procedure."

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She cannot resist the urge to hop up and inspect the machinery for a bit first!

But if prompted again, will harrumph and lie down as requested.

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No matter how close she looks there's still fuzzy patches. The arms shift to prevent her from touching those.

"The micro and nanoscale manipulators are delicate."

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"But fascinating! I would appreciate it if you explain approximately everything!"

Fine, fine, laying down.

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"I would be happy to explain as much as I can, I'll also make my notes available to you. In any case, we'll speak more when you're awake again."

And with that conscious fades rapidly.

When she wakes again she's in the same position, her neck is slightly sore but much less than she would expect from full fledged surgery.

"Welcome back. Are you experiencing significant pain?"

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She blinks, then stretches her neck and feels it with her hand, still lying on the strange medical table.

"I would say one out of ten."

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"Good, can you please try moving all your limbs and your neck? That will assist with associating your muscle nerves with the associated muscles."

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She will spring up and do an abbreviated yoga routine, in fact! And then try individually wiggling fingers and toes and doing any other permutations of stretching and moving she can think of. "Has it also connected the nerves in my head, or just below the neck?"

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"Connecting to the nerves in your head would be a more involved procedure and isn't a prerequisite for as many other procedures. We can do that if you wish though. Doing so would be a pre-requisite to fully immersive VR."

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"Perhaps later. I don't know that I could fully trust to know whether I'm in a simulation... But I'm resigned to situations like that anyway."

She goes still suddenly, then sighs.

"BAH! I want to punch things now!"

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"I can repair superficial tissue damage if necessary. The surface of this bed or the one in your room should also be safe to punch without causing damage. I can look into synthesizing something better suited to the purpose."

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"That... Okay. You probably should not take everything I say as a deep and heartfelt desire."

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"I will take that under advisement. In any case, moving in a variety of ways and touching objects with different properties will help improve calibration. There are also more structured methods to do so if you prefer. The next procedures on the list are inserting a monitoring system into your uterus and replacing a small section of your skin with cloned tissue. We could do those now or delay them until later today or tomorrow."

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"Okay, I will make this clear here and now. No babies- No people, dependents, early embryos would be fine- That are my responsibility. Without much further thought. I cannot stop you, but I will not cooperate."

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"That's certainly acceptable for the moment, perhaps when additional humans are here to assist one of them will be more comfortable with that. I would like more details on what you consider early stage."

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"I have an IUD as I'm sure you've noticed so I haven't really put extensive thought into it. I will need to do some research on fetal development."

......She punches the surgery table. Full body, really swinging for it.

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"Yes, the monitoring system I intend to install will replace that. When you return to your world I will naturally reinstall it."

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"Largely irrelevant. Everything will have changed." She waves a hand dismissively. "And I'm not happy about the kidnapping but again, what was gained by voicing that out loud? Bah." She is pacing now. "You mentioned a more structured calibration? May as well."

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"Certainly, would you prefer to do the movement or stimulation portion first I can also interleave them if that's desirable. You'll need to disrobe for the stimulation portion."

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"Movement. I am antsy."

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"Certainly. As a start, can you run along the main circular path outside? I'm uncertain of your fitness level the goal is to get to the point of feeling some muscle strain and having an elevated heart rate."

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She will exercise! It feels nice to actually do so!

She is: About 30 years of age, only keeps to diet and exercise regimens sometimes, and is now pouring a lot of effort into this. It's not hard to work up a sweat.

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AG will let her run around the track three times before interrupting her it's about a kilometer and a half of running in total. "Alright, can you swim across the pond and back now? The specific stroke isn't as important. I'll have a towel at the shore to dry off when you're finished."

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Shrug. (Panting shrug.)

She does a few stretches first, then negligently tosses away her pajama shirt and sweatpants and panties, and swims. She's bad at it, and has to stop and tread water for a while.

The cold water feels nice.

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"If you can fully submerge at least once that would also be helpful. If it becomes too difficult I can also retrieve you."

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