"His signifier was Ninefox Smiling before," Sulen explains to Sasha. "It's Ninefox Crowned With Eyes now. Are you familiar with Heptarchate signifier meanings? Crowned With Eyes suggests he's more intelligent than his actions up til now would suggest, and the fact that it changed implies his sense of self is flexible." Sulen doesn't glance at Ashari. Their old coworkers would have said it implied instability, but Sulen totally isn't so judgmental and anyway, they know now that Ashari can control it, so that's different. Totally.