Here: I've a construct in Viktor's lab, we call him Junior. We also call him 'he,' obviously, but he's a construct. The thing that controls him is me, telling the thanergy what to do. No one is in there.
Now, a revenant on the other hand— a ghost powering a physical shell— sounds closer to the kind of 'undead' you're talking about. They have many of their original faculties, they can sometimes talk, and so on. That said, my necromancy doesn't force a soul to inhabit a thing to move it around; I can bridge the gap and have a chat with the deceased, if they're willing, but the 'willing' is key.
I've seen evidence that our necromancy can be manipulated in higher-concept ways than we're taught, but that's when the questionable morals and divesting of autonomy start to creep in.
To sum up: my little lab assistant is just an appliance, no matter how much I like him.
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Here: I've a construct in Viktor's lab, we call him Junior. We also call him 'he,' obviously, but he's a construct. The thing that controls him is me, telling the thanergy what to do. No one is in there.
Now, a revenant on the other hand— a ghost powering a physical shell— sounds closer to the kind of 'undead' you're talking about. They have many of their original faculties, they can sometimes talk, and so on. That said, my necromancy doesn't force a soul to inhabit a thing to move it around; I can bridge the gap and have a chat with the deceased, if they're willing, but the 'willing' is key.
I've seen evidence that our necromancy can be manipulated in higher-concept ways than we're taught, but that's when the questionable morals and divesting of autonomy start to creep in.
To sum up: my little lab assistant is just an appliance, no matter how much I like him.