Two things are thereby resolved. Firstly, the male and female aspects in Atik are not “back-to-back” as in the case of Zeir and Nukva, because here, on the level of Atik, there is no backpart. Secondly, they are able to couple together, for the state of Atik is called “face-to-face” since there is only a face on every side. For the category of the backpart does not exist there at all but is absorbed within the lights of the face. (There is not the negative aspect of back-to-back required when two Partzufim must protect their back parts from the husks precisely because the two lack unity; the fact that Atik is a single Partzuf that is all face shows the perfection of Atik, and there is no higher level of coupling and partnership than this.)