Basil remained silent for a long moment, but finally asked, "What if you were to wake up one day and realize that I'm not the person you knew? That I just...changed overnight? And that I look like Basil, and I talk like Basil, and I generally act like Basil, but there's just something...[i]off[/i] that you can't quite put your finger on and it really, [i]really[/i] bothers you, and...what if you come to realize someday that I've changed to the point that I'm just an entirely different person? Would you still accept me? Would you still want to protect me like you do today?"