makes me wonder how much of Euros would remain; wrt to the heartbreak ask. sure he wouldn't be the same to begin with because he went through that immense trauma but having your personality rebuild from what little of your biological tissue remains ... something something, are you still you after everything endured,,

you're ruthless man. he loses his woman, he loses his life, now you're gunning it for his identity....

when it comes to the question "are you still you after everything endured?" i like to think yes. because withstanding suffering and pain is part of life and personal evolution. growth. one can Choose to let it destroy them until they are nothing what they used to be, or in a way embrace themselves, that what still stood still through all that agony, and learn from it. being hurt is unfortunately a part of the life journey

the logical question of how much of him would remain when physically reduced to a few neurons, for example, is a little bit more of a headscratcher since such situation is so out of our reach in this world. going the darker way as him being nothing but a shadow of himself is a choice, but so is going the lighter way, because this is all such a fictional idea and understanding

i personally like to think that few neurons would be enough to carry over the Person the Iterator is, as evidenced by Moon. she doesn't even have access to her memories, but i'd argue that she is still so very Her (Spearmaster Moon vs Survivor Moon). sure she doesn't have certain knowledges, but i do personally believe that what makes us Us is in large part thanks to what kind of soul we are born with. that's what really determines and dictates who we are (and then comes how you are raised n all that, that's a whole psychological subject matter which combines with spirituality to me atď atď atď)

so Euros on that basis is still himself. both physically and emotionally, sort of. the question is how he's going to process it, if he will make it through, if he will be strong enough to put in the effort to preserve who is despite the torment he has faced

thankfully... he won't have to face all of that alone. Boreas will hardly just let him fall apart again. Zephyr won't allow him to succumb to the pain either. he has these elders who's lives are Constantly filled with agony that are more than willing to guide him through it. Brook would be still alive and do her best to keep him company, just like NAE even though he'd be all theatrically pissy about it