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There aren't any real advantages to Shion splitting up like that, and any that might be there are way overshadowed by the inconvenience.

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Elaborate, please.

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On which part?

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The lack of advantages and the inconvenience.

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Can you give me a percent niceness to try for?

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Fifteen percent?

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Shion doesn't do anything with her eyesight and Xion is annoying.

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Ah. That does make sense from your perspective. Thank you. Next, what do you think actually happened in regards to them splitting?

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I like that title! Sounds like you’re the top of your game!

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*brightens up*
Really?

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Yeah! It’s like—
*Punches the air twice*
Royal Guard Super... Amazing... Omega Fighter. Deluxe!

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Deluxe?

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I thought you said we weren’t at exotics yet in our lessons?

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True, I just want to know what your educated guesses and opinions are. Knowing what you know about our family, and the results of their split into two, I want to know what conclusions you come to.

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It seems like it either has something to do with mom, or it’s a too-convenient coincidence. But it’s also weird that Shion seems to stay the same after it happens, except for her eyes. And the eyes have to have something to do with you, right?

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I agree. That the trigger they've found is electricity, and that they don't split further when exposed to more, while your mother has a similar phenomenon, even if caused by different things, it points to a hereditary factor. The fact that her eyes change, which I can only assume is hereditary from my side... The strange part is that the one Shion is so similar to the combined one.

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Since the other is so different, you think they don’t have a choice? They have to multiply into the original Shion?
*Rests the knuckle of my index finger beneath my lip*
But that wouldn’t explain why they don’t split further... unless once they split, they’re missing one of the pieces they need to split in the first place...

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Not a bad thought. Let's assume that the two of them can't split further because of your observation that they each have one eye like that of the original. If the key to splitting is having both, then they couldn't go further with just one. And given that one has minor differences only compared to the original, I think it's relatively safe to say that something else is going on than just what your mother can do. It's likely a mutated form of the same concept, but my thought is that there's an underlying factor beyond that.

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What do you think that could be? Something to do with your biology?

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That's the only conclusion I can come to. If we assume that you children have a hereditary link to your mother and I, as most offspring do, then it would make sense for a mixture of the two parents' traits to be present. The problem is that this body of mine is recreated. It's not my original, or even one particularly notable in terms of biology. It's barely compatible with Storm's, so why would it mix in such a way?
*Looks back at the pad in my hand*
Now that Shion and her halves are old enough to consent, I've finally gotten a small view into their biology, but there's no notable link between any of the samples and either your mother or I. We're basically stuck guessing, but I think we can figure it out. Knowing all that, do you have any insights on what it might be that causes this?