God also can I say how much i loved that when Kai tried to suggest they just divvy up 17 and 18 like they're toys and not people that Nasha is APPALLED and she tells her right away that Mickey, every part of him, is hers to love and that 17 and 18 are two different facets of the same man. she loves every part of Mickey and i think in that moment Nasha is once again confronted with the fact that even people who genuinely care for mickey (and i do think Kai does care for him in a way) don't fully see him as human, not the way Nasha always has right from the start. To them, even to his friends, mickey was a very intelligent object, but to Nasha he was so painfully human in every iteration.
















