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~17,000 cm²
active receptor surface (standard adult unit, pre-augmentation)
0.03 s
avg. latency to oxytocin release, first contact event
Infinate
theoretical bonding capacity
What this is
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DEFINITION
Touch is a pre-installed, non-configurable, biological sensory protocol embedded across the full exterior surface of the standard human body unit. It operates without user input, cannot be toggled, paused, or filtered, and was, for several hundred thousand years, considered a feature rather than a defect.
Touch enabled information exchange between biological units via direct physical membrane contact. Unlike contemporary peer-to-peer data transfer, this protocol transmitted no structured packets, carried no verifiable metadata, and offered zero encryption. Despite these considerable technical limitations, embodied users reported it as irreplaceable. This claim has not been formally disproved.
[ Hands - typical touch instigator on standard human body unit ]
Active Compounds
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Mandatory Disclosure
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DEFINITION
Chronic non-deployment of TOUCH — a condition clinically designated as Tactile Deprivation Syndrome (TDS) — produces a documented cascade of system-level failures in biological units.
These include but are not limited to:
Dissolution of self-boundary perception (the user becomes uncertain where their body ends and the surrounding environment begins),
Depersonalisation events (the user reports observing itself from outside its own body, which is alarming)
Elevated ambient cortisol load (sustained stress state with no natural reset mechanism).
Identity fragmentation (the user's internal model of "who I am" loses coherence without external tactile confirmation), and
Delivery Formats
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Touch was available in several validated delivery configurations, each associated with distinct biochemical outcomes and social encoding:
Instructions for Use
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Ensure both biological units are present in the same physical coordinates.
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Initiate contact via one of the approved delivery formats listed in Section 04.
Note:
The protocol cannot be scheduled in advance with predictable emotional outcomes. Attempt it anyway.
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Maintain contact for a minimum of 20 seconds to enable full oxytocin release cycle completion.
Note:
The protocol cannot be scheduled in advance with predictable emotional outcomes. Attempt it anyway.
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Do not simultaneously process notifications, broadcast feeds, or parallel communication streams during deployment. Touch coperates on undivided biological attention. It was not designed for multitasking environments and performed poorly in them.
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Repeat regularly. The protocol does not accumulate. There is no storage mechanism. Each instance must be re-initiated.
Note:
The protocol cannot be scheduled in advance with predictable emotional outcomes. Attempt it anyway.
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Repeat regularly. The protocol does not accumulate. There is no storage mechanism. Each instance must be re-initiated.
Product info
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Storage Conditions
Touch was available in several validated delivery configurations, each associated with distinct biochemical outcomes and social encoding:
Storage Conditions
TOUCH cannot be stored. It is not a substance. It does not persist after the moment of deployment. It exists only in the interval between two bodies making contact, and ceases entirely when that contact ends.