It's so crowded in here

Darnell: Uh . . . y-yup. It…I thought I'd lost you. I wasn't thinking…Humans, animals, plants… *shrugs* Even if we go to computers, automobiles… When someone or something takes enough damage like you did, that's it. There's no saving them. *reaches over and pulls the scrap to him, fingers brushing over the dried White-Out* I didn't think about the fact that having a model number, having a /serial/ number, means that there are others out there, other bodies. I didn't know you could upload your consciousness and save yourself like that. I thought you were /gone/. I… *shrugs again with a small, embarrassed grin, even as tears come to his eyes again* It sounds ridiculous /now/, but…I wanted something to remember you by.