Yes, well, I had very little say in where to present my research in order to get some much-needed funding. The situation at the time was...less than ideal.

[He is sounding about as irritated as he possibly can via psychic network. He's probably pretty good at it; he's been a psychic voice in people's heads often enough that he's had experience.]

Nothing quite so crude, young man. We literally fuse into and inhabit a single body. It's strange, certainly, but unavoidable given the nature of the accident and the project.