"Or the first time," I agree, but then I'm not sure if he remembers that. This whole two-Ankh situation only happened because the first Ankh was such a greedy (hah, oh man, okay, that's why crab cakes loves puns) jerk. He split himself in two, by accident, and his consciousness split to compensate. I can buy that, I mean, it's not like the alchemists really had any fucking idea what they were doing, giving us three heads apiece. It could have happened to me, I realize. One of my other Cores could have gained sentience, if separated from me long enough. Right?

I guess. Who knows? We'll never know for sure, because all the Cores are gone now. And probably most of the Cells too, at this point.

"I like to think we're lucky. Like. Getting another chance to do this the right way. That's what my parents think too."