Trill personhood

[Captrek]

I prefer the "adding thoughts on symbiont evolution" phase to the "labeling the phase" phase, but I guess we're now in the latter.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

It's an interesting subject... in general, the symbionts and hosts both seem capable of independent existence. Most Trill are never joined, and the slugs can exist independently in the pools. So symbiosis seems to be a mutually beneficial act, but not a necessary one.