Quote Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe View Post
"They are the memory aether" is a fancy way of saying they're just fascimilies created from memories by other people's souls being used as the fuel. The game clearly demonstrates that there's a human with an original soul and that is distinct from an Endless.

Also Sphene does not mourn Namikka. I'm not sure where you got that from. She mourns Otis though. Namikka is calmly explained to be euthanized.

Humans also can't shape-shift, can't live forever, and have physical forms. Your suggestion regarding uploading consciousness doesn't really make sense because consciousness is more than simply the parts of your brain pertaining to memory. If someone fed my memories to a Meso Terminal and created a new instance of me that can shape shift and be immortal, I'd also hope it was deleted unless I wilfully participated.

Otis: This incarnation of me...what was he like?
Not sure what this has to do with anything. Emet-Selch can shape-shift, live forever and exist without physical form(but he uses clone body in Source and possess random one on the First since naked soul has weaknesses) and he is certainly alive.