The creature immediately stopped growling once it heard this question, suddenly smiling as if it had been waiting for Fate to ask it all along…

Its form began to crumble as its slimy black flesh almost instantly withered, flowing off of its body like desert sand as it scattered into dark particles. And within moments, the bloodstained and mutilated figure of the original young man sat before Fate, with a smile on its face as it stared at him...or it would have if it still had its eye.

Now, the young man’s face possessed a bullet hole that had replaced one of its eyes and a charred shut-eye, rendering it blind. 

Fate: “So, why adopt that form?~ I mean, I’m flattered, but it was the body of a certain person, namely me, and I didn’t exactly want my own handsomeness to blind me so soon…~”

The creature’s smile turned into an exasperated frown. If it still had either of its eyes, Fate imagined that they would be breaking land speed records from how fast they would be rolling.

???: “Oh, get over yourself! I’m supposed to be the ego around here, why are you more of an egotist than me?!”

Fate: “Yeah, still not getting what that means, and of course I’m self-absorbed, I’m me. So, who are you?”

The creature let out a sigh…

Witch of Fate: “Do you want me to say it, or…?”

[Boom!]

Fate threw another blue dagger at the Witch, which, just as the previous had, exploded into an enormous cloud of vision-obscuring lightning!

Fate: "Zip it, you!!!"

He then turned his attention back to the creature, who looked as if it wanted to throw up when spitting out the words…

???: “...I’m...your ego...”

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