A man cuts himself in half to always have a friend...

Better than stealing a princess and keeping her captive forever, until some Italian mustache plumber beats your sorry ass.

Mythology Logic in a nutshell. Greek Gods were always doing things like this.

Well, in this game wind can stop a tear in space from opening so you can't expect much logic.

A man cuts himself in half to always have a friend...

Please.

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I should try this...

It's death bro. He's not a real man. The other half he created was life.