[ multiple processors... that would double the amount of equipment needed, but that wouldn't make much of a difference in the long run if it actually worked. it's the risk that worries him.

it's a good suggestion. he runs through preliminary calculations mentally, and it doesn't seem like too far of a stretch. but it also brings up another problem: ] The work of linking even two minds would take a processor of its own, or a capacitor. How heavy would the load be?

[ he likes things to be efficient. work that goes into paring down the process will be paid off by the process over time. ]