what do you think a fixed Daniel would be like if he had a second chance?
Do you mean physically or psychologically?If it’s the former, then I imagine something along the lines of this:
My idea is that a guilty Connor decides that he has to make up for his mistakes when he was still a machine, so he starts by convincing Fowler to allow him custody of Daniel’s remains after the Revolution.It’s a huge legal battle since technically the Phillips still own Daniel and the Jericrew is still sorting legal matters with the President, so owned androids are still property in the eyes of the law.A lot of paperwork later, Connor finally manages to get Daniel’s body into his custody and he has to find a way to fix him, himself.
Cyberlife would still be dodgy as fuck during this time, so he ends up going back to (New) Jericho with this heavily damaged PL600 body and it’s probably not gonna look good for him in any way but he does convince Simon to help him fix him. They have to use scavanged parts and the process takes ages with the damage inside Daniel’s head being severe, and the shoulder and right eye needing to be fully replaced with what little they have.This leaves Daniel with permanent scarring on his chassis which reflects how his skin ends up looking in the end (The large scar on his left cheek and neck). They also couldn’t exactly get a compatible eye of the same hue as Daniel’s, so he ends up with a grey one instead which is barely noticeable unless you see him in the right light.
Now, psychologically…I can garantee Daniel isn’t going to be in a very good place.He’ll have some extreme trust issues when it comes to humans, and lets not get started at how much he’ll HATE Connor, even when the Ex-Deviant Hunter kept his word and helped him out in the end.Simon will likely end up as his main source of support since Daniel will most likely latch on the the most trustworthy person he can find, and Simon is a caretaker by nature/design so it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch that he’d kinda imprint like a lost duckling.There’s also the fact Daniel would probably miss Emma, which would complicate his recovery…It’s a convoluted mess that I WILL get to exploring very soon.Until then have this little sneak preview of what I have in store.