Nico had once read a story from Plato, who claimed that in the ancient times, all humans had been a combination of male and female. Each person had two heads, four arms, four legs. Supposedly, these combo-humans had been so powerful they made the gods uneasy, so Zeus split them in half-man and woman. Ever since, humans had felt incomplete. They spent their lives searching for their other halves.
Nico recalls a tale from Plato that suggests ancient humans were originally androgynous beings, possessing two heads, four arms, and four legs. These powerful creatures, due to their strength, instilled fear in the gods, prompting Zeus to split them into separate male and female forms. This division left humans feeling fundamentally incomplete.
As a result of this division, people have spent their lives yearning for their other halves, in a quest for wholeness that echoes throughout human history. This profound longing for connection reflects the deep-seated belief that our true selves are only realized in the presence of another.
