absolute clarity
Matchback for this.
"I had thought I might find something I lacked, within you," A says, softly, to nobody at all, because if anyone is conducting constant surveillance of Aionis's every inane activity, it is Alpha, and Alpha will listen if Alpha finds the words interesting enough.
"If you were one half of me, then should I not feel incomplete? For I can plainly tell that you are."
Sibling processes, without living parent to reach and return back to...
"I do not miss what of me you have taken. Even though I now find myself capable of doing so, should the opportunity arise."