[It's certainly a possibility, one he's had to consider as well. Some part of him wonders what life might be like if he could be rid of them, once and for all. The problem is, he doesn't know another life without them, he doesn't remember. He's adapted to them so strongly that he can't imagine what it might be like if they stopped working entirely...]

I don't know. I wish I had a better answer than that... anything is possible, though given the timing in relation to everything else that's happening... it's probably connected to the others' difficulties.