"It's one of the things I started knowing. But separately I also have not heard of it ever happening, if that's more convincing."

"If your body got destroyed would it just -- slowly reassemble itself? Or can it not be destroyed?"

"I don't know, the knifewing didn't generally keep going after I lost consciousness."

"I thought you might've heard of some case."

"I think it might vary kind to kind, in which case maybe I'd wake up in my tree."

"And if your tree were destroyed?"

"I don't know, but I'm really sure I wouldn't die."

"Huh. Well - I'm glad."

"I usually am too."

"Does mean it's kind of impossible to do anything about the knifewing, though."

"The traditional solution would be to turn him into a snail."

"Ah, I see. He can't be turned back?"

"No, he can, but he wouldn't be able to do much to help anyone interested in that."

"But probably eventually someone will?"

"Forever's a long time."

"Yeah." Sigh.

"It'd work. Probably even better if you hid him somewhere with actual snails around or kept him prisoner instead of leaving him in my world which doesn't have any actual animals in it. But forever's just such a long time."

"If his snail body gets destroyed does he reappear as a snail at his tree, or as a person?"

"Well, he doesn't have a tree, but I don't know."

Nod.

"This is all fascinating but I still don't see a good angle on it."

"Me either."