"recording and construct"

*(PRO): Case sat, and rested his elbows. He’s tired, in disbelief, and more affected than he puts on by the news he just received.
**(SEM): A recording and construct are the same thing to Case and Molly. But a recording and construct are two different things. One is a reflection of the existing, and the other is a creation of the existing. A recording implies a simpler, less powerful entity, but a construct’s complexity is seemingly limitless. Case’s use of the word “recording” shows us that he might think less of these ‘constructs’ than Molly. She, being a soldier of the real world, may aggrandize this concept of saving the imprint of a mind. Case, however, looks at it realistically – it’s merely the captured ‘recording’ of something that’s gone – of someone whose heart gave out.