POST-OP RECOVERY LOG: PHYSICAL & NEURAL ADAPTATION
CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTED
DATE: March 04, 2026
SUBJECT: Asset "Wulfsige" (A-993-W)
ATTENDING: Dr. Aris Thorne / Asset "Luca" (Observer)
Wulfsige woke from the procedure with remarkable stability. Unlike the disorientation typical of rapid biological shifts, he responded as if waking from a standard night's sleep — unhurried, coherent, scanning his environment with quiet curiosity rather than alarm.
Asset Luca remained bedside throughout the recovery. He expressed visible relief, noting that Wulfsige displayed none of the "newborn panic" Luca himself had experienced after his own noclip event. The contrast clearly mattered to him.
"I don't feel different. I mean — I know what is happening. I can see the fur. But to me, it's just me."
The most clinically significant outcome of the procedure is the seamless continuity of self. The human and wolf consciousnesses have fused without a visible seam.
Wulfsige possesses a selective Somatic Amnesia: his human side has shed the sensation of having human skin; his wolf side has shed the memory of being a quadruped. He suffers no body dysmorphia. Both timelines coexist without conflict. He remembers driving a car and being cared for in the sanctuary, and both feel equally, authentically his.
He does not experience himself as a human inside a wolf's body. He experiences himself as himself.
Physical testing — standing, gait analysis, running — began immediately. While gross motor skills are intact, unique challenges have emerged around new experiences that neither the human nor wolf biology has a reference for.
A. The Tail Problem (Sitting)
Upon attempting to sit in a briefing chair, Wulfsige hesitated. His human memory said sit back. His wolf memory said sit on haunches. Neither memory accounts for a tail in a chair. He sat on his own tail. The resulting discomfort was immediate. He must now consciously learn to sweep it aside — a novel motor function with no prior template, built entirely from scratch. He is adapting quickly. A similar coordination gap arose with pants and the tail-slot modification, requiring conscious sequential threading before pulling them up. Small gaps. Closed rapidly.
B. Dexterity & Paw Pad Interference
Wulfsige retained complete knowledge of how to use tools. The tools, however, have changed. The thick keratin pads on his fingertips reduce fine tactile feedback, and his claws create interference on touchscreen glass. He attempted to use a tablet and grew visibly frustrated — not at his body, but at the mismatch between his remembered skill and the new hardware delivering it.
This is a procedural oversight on our part. We preserved the memory of dexterity but altered the instrument. Unlike Luca, who learned tool use from scratch and has no competing motor memory, Wulfsige has human muscle memory actively fighting wolf anatomy. He knows exactly what his hands should be able to do. The gap between that expectation and current performance is the source of his frustration — not fear, not grief. Frustration. He'll close it.
Despite minor friction with fine motor control, the integration is a strong success. Wulfsige treats his new form not as a burden and not as a marvel. He treats it as a Tuesday.
Next Steps: Behavioral and Cognitive Assessment scheduled. Findings are expected to be nominal.
End of Report.