Sounds familiar, at first. I wonder what ultimately means for him. His human form can't be any older than mine appears to be. I wonder if he even ages, or how long this grand finale of his is going to take to come about.

"Twelve's a big number. Quite a lot of room for skulduggery and backstabbing." And I don't like the idea that normally this stage is a form of evolution. It would be like a Yummy becoming a Greeed by sheer force of will.