[ Conceptually, yes, it's easy to see what Sol's laid out like that. But no, he doesn't get it. It takes a lot to resist looking over at Grim Eyes again with a pleading look, so instead, Minato tries staring at the crayon diagram a little harder.

.........no, he doesn't get it. ]

If the core is corrupted, does that mean it's to be broken and reborn again, to reset things? Is that what you meant by "sometimes you have to die to become whole again"?

[ What happens to the universe when the core resets? The universe is the universe... It's always existed and it always will, that's the only way Minato can comprehend all of this. ]