germ and vern have never had parental figures of any kind. they have no traceable origins whatsoever, their fingerprints and dna are almost exactly the same and their genetics match nobody but eachother. they are somehow able to communicate entirely without any use of language or physical gestures or anything for that matter, seeming as though they automatically know what the other wants or needs.

they are their consciousness rather than the body, while you could make this argument for any other living and thinking being, people's perception of themselves are more based on their physical being and how they present themselves. this is not the case here. there is a large disconnect between the physical form and their true internal self, as the truth is the two of them have existed for as long as life has been on earth. this is where the concept of their true internal self comes in as they have been living through continuous reincarnation and they have lived possibly millions of lives. with every time their physical form dies they are released and simply reincarnated into something else.

vern wishes for the sweet release of a "true" death. this is why humanity plagues him so. Im Not Done Writing This I Just Lost My Train Of Thought.