"I guess that could be it... He always was pretty volatile." The answer doesn't satisfy, though. And what answer would, anyway? He hates to think of Fern being so upset that he tries to kill Finn.

"Me and PB, though? I wouldn't... It's not like I'm trying to keep them apart. I don't think they've even actually met. The only reason he knows her at all is because he used to be me..."

He does, in a shocking display of intelligence, actually hear himself talk. He jerks his head up at Nida again, wide-eyed.

"Oh shmow-zow, do you think that could be what he meant?"