#skyn md

Having rewatched Mass Destruction yet again, these two moments really stood out to me:

Twice during the episode’s climax, the Absolute Solver attempted, and in the latter case succeeded, in consuming an AS infected/corrupted through one of its host bodies. While I initially brushed off the attempt at devouring Nori as an act of sadism, the fact that “Skyn” ate Doll’s core does raise a few questions that point away from it just being an act of spite. After all, if the Solver was just going to have Uzi eat Core!Nori as a means to torment them and N, why would it have Skyn eat Doll’s core?

On the one hand, Skyn may have been in a weakened state (what with N having previously decapitating her) and needed Doll’s core as a means to regain strength and aid in healing.

On the other hand, if we take into account all of the religious horror elements strewn throughout the episode and the fact carving out & eating hearts is a documented form of ritualistic sacrifice in real life, I can’t help but feel that the Solver might have actually needed whatever host it was controlling at the time to devour an AS core. More than likely as an integral part of the process it utilizes to devour planets.