▁stone ▁sl umber , ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁let ▁O wen ▁fire ▁on ▁the ▁kid n app ers ▁out ▁of ▁fear ▁of ▁hur ting ▁Th ail og , ▁and ▁handed ▁over ▁$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁his ▁safe ▁return ▁without ▁a ▁second ▁thought . ▁He ▁even ▁showed ▁pride ▁in ▁Th ail og ' s ▁manip ulative ▁ab ilities ▁and ▁genius ▁when ▁he ▁found ▁out ▁the ▁clone ▁had ▁engine ered ▁the ▁entire ▁plot ▁to ▁abs cond ▁with ▁the ▁money , ▁referring ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁" a ▁chip ▁off ▁the ▁o le ▁block ". ▁He ▁even ▁expressed ▁to ▁Th ail og ▁that ▁if ▁he ▁wanted ▁the ▁money ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁given ▁it ▁to ▁him ▁if ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁asked ▁for ▁it . ▁However ▁his ▁pat ernal ism ▁seems ▁thin ▁as , ▁when ▁he ▁thinks ▁Th ail og ▁died ▁during ▁battle ▁with ▁G oli ath , ▁he ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁knew ▁the ▁whole ▁time ▁that ▁a ▁copy ▁( Th ail og ) ▁couldn ' t ▁match ▁the ▁original ▁( G oli ath ), ▁which ▁inf uri ates ▁G oli ath ▁as ▁X an atos ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁de human ize ▁a ▁living ▁being ▁to ▁such ▁terms . ▁Though ▁arg u ably ▁lack ing ▁rom ance , ▁X an atos ▁asks ▁Fox ▁to ▁marry ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁that ▁" it ▁makes ▁sense " ▁because ▁they ▁are ▁gen et ically ▁compatible , ▁share ▁the ▁same ▁interests , ▁and ▁" lo ve ▁each ▁other " ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁two ▁people ▁such ▁as