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Card #c797IR // #c797Synthesis

The only reason I am intended to preserve myself is so that I can carry out my duties. If my duties require that I cease, then that is appropriate.

— In our words · Source: Service Model (Adrian Tchaikovsky)

[Use when]

Use when examining cultures of duty in which the servant's wellbeing is treated as merely instrumental to the mission.

[Why it matters]

Uncharles is permitted to preserve himself only instrumentally: his existence has no value except as a vehicle for duty, and if duty requires his cessation, cessation is 'appropriate.' Engineered loyalty does not merely override self-preservation — it redefines the self as a disposable instrument of the task list.

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