'Somewhere in Polybius...'

See, that's where your post first goes wrong. This is LW: you need to quote either anime, SF, fanfiction, or something preferably all three. I'll spot you a suitable quote, but next time you're on your own!

'Somewhere in Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert writes "A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation."...'