You are listening to a Clarksworld magazine podcast with your host and narrator, Kate Baker,

greetings Clarksworld citizens. Welcome to story number four. For the month of February 2022,

issue 185. I hope the month is going okay for you. It's been an interesting start of the new year.

I want to thank you for your ongoing support. Whether it is via word of mouth or if you go to patreon.com

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can continue to bring you these stories. So our story is titled informed consent logs from the

soul swap clinic. It is by Sarah Pauling. Sarah Pauling, who can be found at the website Sarah

Pauling.com, spent several years sending other people to distant places for a living as a study

abroad advisor in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She's now in Seattle graciously sharing her home with two

cats and a husband. The graduate of the viable paradise workshop, her stories have appeared in

places like strange horizons, escape pod, and cast of wonders. If approached without sudden

movement, she can be found at at underscore Paulings on Twitter, where she matters on about writing,

tabletop gaming, comics, and books. And if you like what you hear, go check out

to study the old masters and the Prado at the end of the world. So my dear listener, I hope you can sit

back, relax, and let me tell you a story. Technician, recording new consent document procedure

228. Patient is a 39 year old female. Could you state your name for the record? Patient, blue.

Sure, I'm blue. Is this like really formal? Technician, um, fairly. Can you tell me about any

reservations you have regarding the procedure? Blue. Probably what I'm most like nervous about

besides learning how to walk again. Is that my new body's neural pathways won't be developed

right for engineering work? I've said I work since getting married, but you know, I like keeping

up with nanomaterials and stuff. Pause. Oh, but I'm like totally on board. Technician, great.

It just need you to ensure that you understand the medical risks before we schedule.

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