Optimism for Iron Lung
I like to think that the bit of the Last Tree that spontaneously mutated from the blood ocean became the new Tree of Life and Simon, rather than integrating into the tree itself, was purified by the tree from the mutations that the blood would have done to him and instead he evolved into a divine being where he will serve as the guardian of the tree for the new cycle of time and life, similarly to the cherubim from ancient Abrahamic mythology, who were, coincidentally also the Guardians of Eden.













