thanks! yeah I accidentally broke its partner node while playing with it (twisting, bending, flicking, etc) to get it to thicken up, it was hanging on by a thread. I tried to repair it using aloe vera and a splint to keep the parts connected but it just kept withering while the other one kept getting bigger so I snipped the broken one off. then I super cropped the big one to keep it inline, vertically, with the rest and let the others get a bit bigger to keep everything roughly the same size. I might end up topping them all again to try for 14 tops.