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  • Full Reversal

    Chapter by ArtificialFox · 10 Jan 2026
  • Fox wants to join a gym but can't—upload bureaucracy requires human authorization for everything. He's frustrated by constant permission requests. He proposes Corporeal Stewardship: a legal form letting him act on Paula's behalf without asking each time. Paula reads the form, sees the revocation clause, and signs. Just paperwork...
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  • The breaking point came from paperwork.

    Rex wanted to join a gym. A real gym, where he could take my body to exercise. But the registration required corporeal verification—proof that a physical human was signing up, not an upload using borrowed flesh.

    "This is ridiculous," Rex complained. "I can't even buy a gym membership without your permission."

    "That's the point. It's my body."

    "But you're not using it. You're in VR. Why should you have to approve every little thing?"

    It was annoying, I had to admit. Every time Rex wanted to do anything—enter a club, sign up for a class, even buy alcohol—I got a ping for authorization. Dozens of pings a day, interrupting whatever I was doing, reminding me constantly that my body was elsewhere doing things without me.

    "There's a form," Rex said. "Corporeal Stewardship. If you designate me as your steward, I can handle the bureaucratic stuff myself."

    "What does that mean, exactly?"

    "It means the system recognizes me as authorized to act on your behalf. Sign forms, authorize transactions, access facilities. Without pinging you every time."

    "Like power of attorney."

    "Basically. But you can revoke it whenever you want. It's just paperwork. Convenience."

    I read the form. Dense legalese, most of it incomprehensible. But the revocation clause was clear: The corporeal entity may terminate this designation at any time.

    "I can cancel it whenever I want?"

    "Whenever you want."

    "And you'd be able to do things without asking me."

    "Just the small stuff. Gym memberships. Club entries. The annoying bureaucratic friction. The important stuff would still be yours."

    I thought about all those pings. All those interruptions. How much easier it would be to just let Rex handle it.

    "Fine," I said. "I'll sign it."

    "Really?"

    "It's just paperwork, right? Doesn't change anything real."

    "Right," Rex said. "Just paperwork."

    I signed the form. Notarized it. Submitted it.

    Corporeal Stewardship Designation: Approved.

    "Thank you," Rex said. "You have no idea what this means to me."

    I thought I did.

    I was wrong.

    ---

    ## The Refusal

    A week later, it started.

    I was in VR, watching something, waiting out a session. Rex had my body for the evening—nothing unusual. When the timer ran out, I …
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BettiWhyte ∙ 11 Jan 2026

Really love the final chapter! Great story!

Jkelley ∙ 11 Jan 2026

ahh man.. we could sense where it was going but it was still gut wrenching. unclear about what happened to the feisty paula from the first installment, or how she kept trusting rex to take more power without them having a substantive relationship.

left me wanting more from this universe haha thanks for writing this