Also, there is a clear difference between him integrating the multiverse and him merging with his selves, I don’t wanna have to keep saying it. Simon integrating the multiverse, they become a whole, but not a single entity, both Simon and the multiverse are present, they’re not each other, but rather they work together, the latter is more like a weapon to Simon. Simon merging with his selves they become a single entity, only one Simon exists now, and you can’t discern the other Simon from the one we have now. That’s the difference. I think a more appropriate distinction is that Simon and the multiverse work together, similar to his mecha and himself. TTGL is a mecha formed by Simon’s thoughts and its condition synchronizes with Simon’s own condition, so TTGL taking damage would give Simon that exact same damage, but regardless, Simon is not this mecha, and they’re still separate entities, as, towards the end, Simon killed Antispiral without TTGL, but with Lagann