Hardo

* Portrait
* Live 2D
* Leaper Phase

**Hardo** is a 3-Star, **Chaos**/**Support** Leaper in *Space Leaper: Cocoon*.

## Basic Files:

The Leaper Hardo, a human, retained her consciousness in a mechanical heart and got a new body from Westy Wood.

She said that she had spent a long time alone at the base and never experienced any cosmic explosion. Many of her fragmented memories are about Earth, so it's reasonable to assume that she was a human who came to the base on a mission. Her consciousness being able to exist independently and not experiencing the explosion are Hardo's two great mysteries that need, to be solved by Dr. Wood.

## Deep Level Files

### Background Story (I): Human

To be honest, I had a hunch when I found that heart. It's a call from the profound universe and the great science!

I made a beautiful body right away because I'm an expert on it, but I didn't expect that the first thing this bionic person told me when she woke up was that she was a human.

This is amazing and it even makes me shiver with excitement! It means that it's possible for human beings to survive without the body and a new form of life has already existed!

She says her name is Hardo and she doesn't remember the explosion we're talking about. I assume it's one of the signs that her consciousness was damaged in the explosion, but I'm not sure, Hardo asked me to make her a transparent chest.

"It's only when I see my heart beat that I know I'm still alive."

Such an interesting request, of course I can fulfill it.

Hello, human!

### Background Story (II): Heartbeat

Heartbeat-- the heart of some creatures beats at a certain frequency, which means they are alive. But most of the Lepers have unstable heartbeats, sometimes their heart beats fast but sometimes slow, and I don't like those irregular data. If possible, I hope the frequency of their heart beats can be controlled within a precise range, just like my density.

Then I found Ms. Hardo's heart beat was very regular.

Seventy beats per minute, according to my calculation, and her heart rate won't change a bit no matter what the environment or state is. "Only a real human's body has these uncertainties," Ms. Hardo explains, "the existence of Human beings is the uncertainty of the universe."

Apparently there's a hidden meaning behind her words, but I don't care.

Her heart rate makes me feel comfortable and that's enough.

### Background Story (III): Memory

I've always been curious about Ms. Hardo, whenever I'm, I would talk, to her, listen to her stories and learn about things that no one else knows.

Most of her memories are about Earth, a highly developed and prosperous planet at that time, and Ms. Hardo said it's her hometown that she could never return to. Those memories are distant but very clear.

As for why she left Earth, why she showed up on Cocoon, and why she lost her body... she couldn't remember.

Ms. Hardo said she had been through a war but she didn't know who was the enemy or what the war was about, she just remembered they were riding for a fall - none of her companions came back.

Another thing Ms. Hardo told me is that she didn't experience the explosion, all she could remember about this universe was that it was lifeless and hopelessly silent.

This is so strange, I gotta go back and look it up carefully, there must be an answer!