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We don't ever see the crashout that caused Copen to change his stance on adepts. iX is adamant on adepts being humans, even expressing sympathy for Gunvolt and Joule. My headcanon would be a forced team-up with Eden after Asimov killed Nori and kidnapped Mytyl, leading to an arc of Copen and some of the Eden members getting deradicalized from shared experiences. Maybe he even develops feelings for one of them, but he never acts on it despite the other party being interested. Then Eden dies, leaving Copen alone again.