"Maybe it'd be better if you didn't think about it so often," Soldat suggests, as gently as they're able. Which is mostly just calm and quiet. "I try not to think too much about mine. Rather think about people here and now, you know?"

They hold out the metal hand. "Here. I can crush it. I already crushed two of mine." And one of Javert's, and one of Misty's, and one of Will's. They are very good at crushing memory opals.