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started each cycle in the same state: believing that he had arrived, for the first time, directly from Earth. Every time he noted the passage of time from his reading of the stars, he had the same expression of confusion or disbelief. He had to rediscover his surroundings each time.
Det finns en mening där
his true age is in the billions of years: the cumulative copies of him did toil away for all that time. He is aware of this fact; however, the knowledge is not first-hand. From chronological aging of his body and first hand experience, he is exactly one cycle older then when was he teleported to the castle for the first time.
Allt detta är givetvis föremål för motsägelsefulla uppenbarelser, men det fanns ingenting i avsnittet som tydligt anger något annat.