When Stein had finished transforming, his body hung upside-down on the front of a grotesque conglomeration of heads, limbs and torsos. His arms were stretched out wide, stitched into place onto the monster, and he seemed singularly unconcerned about being upside-down.

"I'm better off alone," he shouted, and ripped one arm free, stitches tearing through skin as he gestured, casting a violent lightning-based spell at Adachi.