"A somewhat more natural process, although perhaps no more responsible," Sephiroth concludes. After all, how could they really know what they were creating? What guidance could they expect to provide? It's an isolating experience, being the only one of your kind.

But perhaps not quite so much in Dylan's case.

"I did know Eddie and Venom," he says. He never really understood them, but Eddie was always friendly with him. "Were your versions... adequate parents?"