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--- original.js
+++ change.js
@@ -911,9 +911,9 @@
 	} // Prevent player movement when the home screen is up
 	if (Math.abs(y - touchStartY) > Math.abs(x - touchStartX)) {
 		if (y < touchStartY && !leftPlayer && !rightPlayer) {
 			player.jump();
-		} else if (y > touchStartY && !leftPlayer && !rightPlayer && !player.isJumping && player.lane === 1) {
+		} else if (y > touchStartY && !leftPlayer && !rightPlayer && !player.isJumping && player.lane === 1 && !player.splitActive) {
 			// Animate leftPlayer and rightPlayer to move to the sides
 			var leftTargetX = player.x - 650;
 			var rightTargetX = player.x + 550;
 			var animationDuration = 20; // Duration in frames (0.33 seconds at 60 FPS)
@@ -930,8 +930,9 @@
 				game.addChild(rightPlayer);
 			}
 			player.visible = false; // Hide the original player
 			player.hitbox = [leftPlayer, rightPlayer]; // Move player hitbox to left and right players
+			player.splitActive = true;
 			// Initialize update functions after adding to game
 			if (!leftPlayer) {
 				leftPlayer = new LeftPlayer();
 				leftPlayer.x = player.x;
@@ -1075,8 +1076,52 @@
 			};
 		}
 		// Start split timer
 		splitTimer = splitDuration;
+	} else if (y > touchStartY && player.splitActive) {
+		// Animate leftPlayer and rightPlayer back to the center
+		var centerX = player.x;
+		var animationDuration = 20; // Duration in frames (0.33 seconds at 60 FPS)
+		leftPlayer.update = function () {
+			if (animationDuration > 0) {
+				leftPlayer.x += (centerX - leftPlayer.x) * 0.1; // Smooth movement using linear interpolation
+				animationDuration--;
+			} else {
+				leftPlayer.destroy();
+				leftPlayer = null;
+				player.visible = true;
+				player.hitbox = [player]; // Reset player hitbox to original player
+				player.splitActive = false;
+			}
+			if (LK.ticks % 4 == 0) {
+				var trail = new Trail();
+				trail.scale.x = 0.5;
+				trail.scale.y = 0.5;
+				trail.x = leftPlayer.x;
+				trail.y = leftPlayer.y + leftPlayer.height / 2;
+				game.addChildAt(trail, game.getChildIndex(leftPlayer));
+			}
+		};
+		rightPlayer.update = function () {
+			if (animationDuration > 0) {
+				rightPlayer.x += (centerX - rightPlayer.x) * 0.1; // Smooth movement using linear interpolation
+				animationDuration--;
+			} else {
+				rightPlayer.destroy();
+				rightPlayer = null;
+				player.visible = true;
+				player.hitbox = [player]; // Reset player hitbox to original player
+				player.splitActive = false;
+			}
+			if (LK.ticks % 4 == 0) {
+				var trail = new Trail();
+				trail.scale.x = 0.5;
+				trail.scale.y = 0.5;
+				trail.x = rightPlayer.x;
+				trail.y = rightPlayer.y + rightPlayer.height / 2;
+				game.addChildAt(trail, game.getChildIndex(rightPlayer));
+			}
+		};
 	} else {
 		if (x < touchStartX) {
 			player.moveLeft();
 		} else {