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Forking is one of the key mechanics of life on the System: it is the act of creating a copy of oneself. This copy may go on to live their own life or they may merge back down into their [[Clade|down-tree instance]] to provide them with all of their [[Memory on the System|memories]]. Their decision to merge down or not may be determined by their [[dissolution strategy]]. | Forking is one of the key mechanics of life on the System: it is the act of creating a copy of oneself. This copy may go on to live their own life or they may merge back down into their [[Clade|down-tree instance]] to provide them with all of their [[Memory on the System|memories]]. Their decision to merge down or not may be determined by their [[dissolution strategy]]. | ||
== Merging == | == Merging == | ||
Should the fork choose to merge down, their down-tree instance will be provided with all of their memories. These may be accepted wholesale, or the cladist may pick and choose which memories to merge. | Should the fork choose to merge down, their down-tree instance will be provided with all of their memories. These may be accepted wholesale, or the cladist may pick and choose which memories to merge. | ||
During the process of merging, one may encounter conflicts. These occur when the same event was witnessed from two different divergent viewpoints or when, in sufficiently [[Individuation|individuated]] instances, there is a strong divergence in interpretation, which colors how the memory was stored. | During the process of merging, one may encounter conflicts. These occur when the same event was witnessed from two different divergent viewpoints or when, in sufficiently [[Individuation|individuated]] instances, there is a strong divergence in interpretation, which colors how the memory was stored. | ||
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File:Dear forking.png|[[Dear]] forking. Usually, there is no visual representation of forking, but Dear is just Like That sometimes. Art by [https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]. | |||
File:Merge.png|One skunk merging down to another. Looks difficult. Again, there is not usually a visual representation for merging. Art by [https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]. | |||
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