Kotkoro from Deviantart had an idea to have a side plot where nicholas and alloy would split apart from this comment "that could help is to combine Nick's arrogant facet with Alloy's attitude that he was entering his adolescent stage (of his species) and, since this stage is one where a person becomes more rebellious and more easily opposes pedantic attitudes (or what the adolescent thinks is pedantic), he would be clashing with Nick all the time".