 Constitutional monists, according to whom Athena is identical to Piece, will deny MC3. There are various ways of developing the monist response. First, one might insist that both Athena and Piece (which, on this view, are identical) can survive flattening: upon flattening, Athena ceases to be a statue, but does not cease to exist. We can call those who opt for this approach ‘phasalists’, since they take being a statue to be a temporary phase that Piece (i.e., Athena) is passing  through.[26]