This is a transcript of the sheet above, re-keyed from the object. Section numbering follows the original. Marginal hands are reproduced where legible: AR in red, E.C. in pencil-blue. Neither hand was placed by Authority personnel.
I believed them because I wanted the tool to exist.
011.0 // Abstract
Project Hydrozoa: The Reversion Shard
The biological mechanism of Turritopsis dohrnii, the "immortal jellyfish," involves reverting from a sexually mature medusa back to a polyp state under stress. Project Hydrozoa synthesized a CTH-frequency equivalent designed to grant Echoes a "Biological Reset." However, the cost of physiological de-aging is a total systemic erasure of Mnemonic Mass (μ).
022.0 // The Reversion Shard
The Shard is a crystalline CTH-emitter that vibrates at the exact frequency of a zygote's potential. When applied to a human Echo, the device initiates a cellular "Rewind."
Phase A — Cellular Inversion: The body's telomeres are retroactively lengthened. The Subject physically regresses at a rate of one year per hour of exposure.
Phase B — Mnemonic Decoupling: As the brain shrinks and neural pathways simplify, the Echo's Chronicle begins to "leak." The older, more complex memories are the first to be digested.
033.0 // Experimental Results
Observation Log — Subject 16-AlfaT+1hr: Grey hair reverted. Subject reported loss of all memories regarding the 2012 Shattering. T+4hrs: Physical age approximately 10 years. Subject lost ability to recognize the lead researcher. Final State: Subject achieved "Pure State" (Age 5). All Locked Memories destroyed. Anchor Strength (Ψ) reached 1.0.
044.0 // Conclusion
The Reversion Shard allows an Echo to escape the Authority's red pen by literally becoming a person who has not yet committed a crime against time. However, a child with the eyes of a thousand-year-old traveler is a biological horror.
DirectiveUse of the Shard is restricted to "Total Identity Collapse" cases. If the history is gone, the child is merely a waste of CTH-potential.
