#hamsty yaps

BUT! Consider.....

I mean. I obviously knew Shamil's feelings about his imprisonment.

And I also noticed Silent Salt in the corner long ago

But today I was rewatching BY8 and realized that PV himself IS pointing out SS

"A faint reflection that he, himself, probably never noticed" — HE'S TALKING ABOUT SHAMIL NOT NOTICING SS OH MY FUCKING GOD

But I'm here like

White Lily? The only one who should be scared shitless here is SHADOW MILK

This scene but PureLily...

Yes, that one

Now, there were two spirits, two cookies' voices could be heard. It's pretty obvious that Resentful Spirit is White Lily Cookie... But who is the other?

It might be a bit far-fetched and biased, but I think I have a decent guess for who could be Truth-seeking Spirit

Fount of Knowledge

Why? Well, as its name states, this cookie seeks the Truth. Who else seeks the Truth? Pure Vanilla, yes, but he can't be it, he doesn't really have any reason to bring up... the Witches

Yes, yes, then who else? Who else could be seeking the Truth, who also has something to do with the Witches?

THE FOUNT!!

Furthermore, what do we see from these three quotes?

An intense desire to know the Truth, similar to that of White Lily's, by the way (I KNOW they're setting up Fount–Dark Enchantress parallels!!)

Shock? Perhaps devastation? Something terrible must've happened...

Doubt. Questioning their own purpose. Questioning whether they have to obey their creators

With that said

My personal, self-indulgent headcanon of him is that he's a little shit

He's the "umm, actually—" incarnate. He runs on knowledge and autism and being right™. He runs on ego not because he can, but because he knows he is always right. He doesn't soften his voice, because he doesn't see reason to do so. He is deeply logical and searches for logic and structure in everything he does, in every interaction, in every relationship. No logic on sight? He must dissect it until he finds it. He can't enjoy things he can't make sense of, he won't let himself feel things he can't make sense of. He is lonely because he believes no one could possibly compare to him in terms of intellect, mindset, and comprehension.

He doesn't let himself feel things because he wasn't created to do so.

He doesn't let himself enjoy things because he wasn't created to do so.

He doesn't feel compassion or the need to be gentle because he wasn't created to do so.

He distances himself because no one else understands his system like he does, therefore their company would be inefficient.

He was created to embody Knowledge. That is his role, his purpose, his whole being.

And when he finally snaps? When he realized that NO ONE cares about Knowledge unless it caters to their whims? He lies.

When he lies? He realizes that suddenly he's liked again? He goes like, "Oh, is THIS what you wanted?! Then CHOKE ON IT"

He wasn't expressive enough? Now he's a jester

He wasn't polite enough? Now he's grown a silver tongue

He didn't say what you wanted? Fine, there you go, and see what happens!

First, there might have been despair, loneliness and anguish

But what ultimately corrupted the Fount was rage and spite