"How could Mona be spending time alone with... me?"

"Okay... okay... keep it together. Consider the evidence and eliminate impossibilities. "I have never attempted to clone myself. I have never donated my essence to anyone's cause... except those few hours when Shovel Knight had it, and I retrieved it before he reached civilization. "Could someone have taken my essence without my knowledge? "Could it have been Mona? "WOULD it have been her?"

"This version of me does not possess my current power. It could be an impersonator... ... "...I know that dance. I learned it mere days ago. I have attempted to practice it when time permitted. "She also knows that dance. I never taught it to her. She may have known it... or perhaps he taught her... "Did they visit the Troupple King as well? "Come to think of it, where has Mona been lately?"

"I had finally collected the essence of the Enchantress. The final ingredient. Everything was ready. "Another knight tried to intervene. He was... about that height, yes... different armor. He brought Mona. She told me she loved me... "...the potion became unstable..."

"...the potion reacted to my form... "...it changed form... "...it became openly hostile... "...it used my strategies and abilities..."

"...it grew even more unstable... "...misshapen... gigantic... potent... "...not undefeatable, of course..."

...and after its defeat... it stabilized. Mona and I reconciled, we decided what to do with such a dangerous concoction, and... "...we must have left together. It was a hurried departure due to the imminent destruction... "That is odd. I don't remember what happened next. She was not with me. All I know is that I adventured, testing the capabilities of my new form, granted from the concoc-"

"That... explains everything. "Mona evacuated the tower before it collapsed. So did Plague Knight."

"I did not. Because I am not Plague Knight."

"...I have to hand it to his battling prowess. If he sought to stabilize my form, he succeeded. It is amazing how natural this has felt. "But... that leaves the other obvious concern. "I possess his talents. I share his memories, up to a point. "But I am not him. He probably has no idea that I still exist."