The Centipede’s Dilemma

I feel like all the animals and insects in this are all intentionally mentioned. The fly, centipede, cicada, deer and in later chapters, a sparrow… I wanted to go over my observations surrounding the centipede on Seungmin’s collar in chapter 15. I shared in my first analysis that Yuwon must’ve grew up being blamed and that’s why he blames Dohoon when they first meet and in the future. Anyways, I came across this poem about a centipede. It tells the tale of a centipede once asked by a toad which one of your legs move first after overthinking it began to struggle to crawl. The poem later inspires the centipede effect. It occurs when an act performed unconsciously is questioned it becomes harder to perform? Worded very poorly sorry. Most examples I came across included walking, a horse galloping, the centipede crawling (breathing- if you want to take it that far) and take a pro athlete for instance once they over analyze a maneuver they struggle to perform it. All these examples are done by instinct or done enough times it becomes natural. For Yuwon it’s protecting others. It has been hinted he’s protected others and to think he’s said in the times that he has he moved without thinking. In the case that the centipede is directly linked to that poem it begs the question, how many times has he protected others for it to be an unconscious act to him and what was Yuwon’s childhood really like? We only see what he wants to believe ☹ Back to chapter 15, dohoon says he got the sudden urge to kill before killing the centipede. I feel like it symbolizes his desire to break his pattern.