The legs and arms thought of each other as cousins.
-- Narrator (Pages 3 - 19)

Importance: When the human body used to live as a four-limbed creature, the limbs had a closer relationship. The narrator describes their dynamic in the above manner. The way they saw each other allowed the legs and arms to work together in a unified manner. This moment is important because it identifies the limbs as equals. This relationship is soon disfigured by the organs' jealousy, and Arms and Legs begin to battle, thus inspiring the story's central conflict.

Who was stronger?
-- Tongue (Pages 3 - 19)

Importance: Once the organs become jealous of the limbs' relationship, and resentful that they borrow their sensory capabilities, they pit Arms and Legs against one another. Tongue shouts the above question, thus inspiring a competition between the once-amicable upper and lower limbs. While Tongue's words initiate the story's central conflict, their question also inspires the body parts' vital debate about what...