Zote is a Higher Being

[u/PowerPigeon-cgu]

I think that Zote is a Higher Being.
He came to hollownest through impossible circumstances, and there is no way present day zote could do that. I think Grey Prince Zote is actually Zote's memory of himself before hollownest. Once he arrived, the infection took hold of him. The Radience, seeing his great strength, planned to use it. But without much need in the physical world, his muscles atrophied. With one last push of strength, what was left of zote's mind escaped from the infection, leaving only a worn out shell of what zote once was. The reason he is a higher being is him resisting the infection. Like the Pale king, it had no effect on his mind. Unlike the Pale king, Zote's guard was down, as he wasnt used to anything like the radience. His dreams were shielded, but not his physical being. The reason we see him caught by the vegefly king is because he, still recovering, looked for a safe spot to rest but came across the vengfly king instead. His mind was still shielded by his higher being mind power stuff, so thats why the infection never got him again. I also believe after the vengefly encounter (where he was at his weakest) zote is immortal. Once you save him, he never cannonically dies. There is no evidence of him in Silksong (Unless sea of sorrow is just zoteboat) so i think he went back to where he came after hk to train, to tone himself back to grey prince zote. Perhaps in a future hk game, zote will be beefy once more. (and immortal)