Malle

I actually thought of this, briefly, when I first saw that image. Is it that your creatures are somewhat independent manifestations of different sides of your "spirit" or personality? That, as you get to know the world (and in turn yourself), your control over yourself and how your spirit can manifest in the physical world improves not only in quality (as in you and the creatures you have grow stronger) but also in how large of a spectrum of yourself you can control (as in being able to control creatures that are more powerful)? If so, is it then so that when you "sacrifice" the creature, you are in fact recalling that manifestation of your spirit to your spiritual self, gaining knowledge from the experiences that manifestation has had?