[Eight has to consider that carefully. The problem is that what little he knows about the process involved energies that came from...he really doesn't want to think about where it came from.]

Then...it's not doable after all. Whatever the process of removing my memories was, I know it involved [he swallows] pureed Octoling bodies. There's no way I can get samples to test the theory.

[Can't give up, can't give up, not when he feels closer than he's ever been...]

...What kind of negative emotion? How strong does it have to be to make a spirit?