User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 638 - Boiling Malice and Total Comedy/@comment-25897574-20150807093718/@comment-24153155-20150808102324

... Pernida's true form?... a self sufficient, "portable" stem cell niche with extra-organic signaling and octopus "camouflage" skills? How cute =)

I guess it comes down to this whole name thing, which has been on the Bleach menu for a long time. If Pernida really is the left arm of the SK, then how come he/she/it is on the Quincy side (as Kurotsuchi mused a couple of chapters back), and how come it can't really talk with coherent sentences? Did it "forget" its own name and thus purpose, was it forced into believing something? Actually, I think it would be cool if its true form is just when it is back in its rightful "body". With a (SK) head, a torso and the adequate number of limbs(/pupils). So, if Kurotsuchi would "defeat" Pernida, it would go back into a slumber until in one SK piece again. It would be a bit Unohana-Kenpachi-ish. Still think that was one of the best Bleach battles ever. More than meets the eye/zanpakuto.