Hearts

A Heart is a mechanical component present inside certain Worker Drones and Disassembly Drones that acts as the drone's brain and stores their source code. In Disassembly Drones, as well as AbsoluteSolver-infected Worker Drones, the Heart is used to store the AbsoluteSolver's code and revive the drone if it is fatally wounded. Unlike regular Worker Drones, the Hearts of Disassembly Drones and Solver-infected Drones are covered with a flesh-like substance, and can move around on their own outside of the body using three leg-like appendages. 
Nori and Doll are the only Solver-afflicted drones whose Hearts have been shown during the show. During the events of "Mass Destruction", it was revealed that during Nori's "euthanization" at her husband's hands, Nori's heart had managed to escape her body and had hidden in depths of Copper 9, where her disembodied heart had continued her search for the Crucifix Patch. As for Doll, her Heart was devoured by Cyn (who was wearing Tessa's skin) who ambushed and murdered Doll to ensure that she couldn't revive.
==Appearance==
Hearts are mostly composed of a flesh-like organic substance, draped around the mechanical core of the drone. Hearts have three spider-like, fleshy blades similar to the fingers of Disassembly Drones for legs, and a single glowing eye that matches the drone's eye color, as well as eight other cylindrical lights. 
== Function ==
=== Solver-Infected Worker Drones ===
Hearts contain both the drone's consciousness, and in the case of Disassembly Drones and Solver-infected drones, the computer string for the AbsoluteSolver. So long as their core remains functional, it's possible for a Worker Drone's heart to survive autonomously outside of their body. One example of this is Nori, who has been living in her Heart form for many years after her daughter's birth.
Doll managed to survive for a short time after her being fatally wounded by Cyn, before the Zombie Drone proceeded to devour Doll's heart completely to ensure she wouldn't be a threat to her plan anymore.
=== Disassembly Drones ===
Disassembly Drones' hearts are used to reconstruct their body when they take fatal damage. If a Disassembly Drone is fatally wounded, the dormant AbsoluteSolver awakens inside their code and begins to reconstruct the Disassembly Drone's body by piling metal and organic matter onto the Disassembly Drone's heart, resulting in a crudely constructed mass of flesh and metal with the Disassembly Drone's consciousness. The only Disassembly Drone seen to be reconstructed in this way so far is Serial Designation J, who was revived as Eldritch J.
== Trivia ==
* It's unknown if all drones have a Heart, given that despite every drone (Worker, Disassembly, or Zombie) having a core, only those who have the AbsoluteSolver's computer string in their code have been seen to develop the organic substance around it.
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