[Obvious, but not to Art... until it comes from someone like Birthday like this. Because what else would a Minimum Holder call "it" without needing to specify? It's not like the idea hadn't been nagging in the back of Art's mind, but this turns it from a vague insecurity to a very confusing fact to be faced.]
What?
[He turns to Birthday now much more deliberately, his stomach practically doing belly flops around inside him. Never mind the unfinished "you're still you" there.]