"Stuck? Why would you be stuck?" He frowned, zeroing in on the medically relevant statement. "If you have a point of time where your time is frozen, it might help."

He nodded, trying to keep from frowning. Losing time, yes. Losing time and becoming younger, but unlike the rest of the crew, he didn't have a childhood to saunter through and relive memories. If the memories were implanted, even the ones that had taught him vital developmental things like walking and talking would fade as well? They might not have time once he started going through the stages of rushed development.

Who said anything had to make sense when essentially the programing was what was unraveling, independent from the body it occupied?

"Right, but it won't always need to be saved. You deserve a life of your own. Something that's yours."