Number 78

Number 78 presents with an overwhelming sense of being constantly divisible and therefore, fundamentally malleable. He reports feeling "stretched thin" across his many factors, particularly his primality (2, 3, 13) and his status as an even number. Further exploration reveals a deep-seated anxiety regarding his composite nature, fearing he is merely a sum of parts with no inherent, irreducible self. The patient denies any ability to "factor himself out" of his current state.