re: plural (-)
@maxine Went thru this phase of questioning too.
The answer is: When you break one into Two, you don't get Two Wholes. But living things Grow. This isn't a Zero Sum game.
And, even after you've regenerated, and you have two (Or more!) wholes, that's apparently just the Start.
Because when you finally manage to go "Back' to existing on a single waveform, you end up feeling More whole than you ever remember feeling.