The Phoenixes want you to think there's only one - makes it easy to establish an alibi when one of the criminal birdbrains is carrying out part of the masterplan (and as for that stuff about being reborn in fire - "Hey, nice place you have here! See, I'm a bit down at the moment, money worries ya know, maybe it's time for the new model - egg, fire, hatchling, know what I mean - helps get yer mind off of things, now that rug - Persian? - that would feel real nice flickering away and the oils in those pic-chers, bet that would smell real sweet, and - oh, what? for me? Awww, ain't that great - makes me want to go on living - for a while - yeah...."