"That would make sense. Everyone has a Shadow in Mementos, the way I hear it." Not that he likes the idea of his mother, any part of his mother, down in that place—much less after what he's learned since he came here, about Yaldabaoth and all.

"Do you understand what I'm saying? My mother's distortion was her despair, I believe. But it's passing. And her Palace is passing with it."