[Kaveh agrees to it. Alhaitham's grip relaxes. His shoulders follow when Hat Guy acquiesces.

He closes his eyes for a moment to think. When he opens them, his attention is on Hat Guy.] If the story needs a lesson, wouldn't the best one to replace it with be for the puppet to accept himself as he is, instead of trying to become something else?

[After all, if the puppet decided he didn't need to be human, could live as what he is, there wouldn't be any need to sacrifice his creators.]