I think it wouldn’t be too unreasonable for new cells to immediately stick to their sisters, unless there’s a reason we’re prioritizing having to seek out new members of our colony instead of just making them.
So, the glycolysis in proteins like these isn’t really meant to actually be a process performed by them, but rather it represents the glycolysis performed by the reduced amount of cytosol still present in that hex, which is useful when you have a cell whose hexes are mostly taken up by organelles. A cell containing only one hex of a protein/organelle/vacuole/some other part which does not have this extra glycolysis added is basically equivalent to a membrane wrapped tightly around a solid block of that part, with no room for any cytosol or the processes it performs.
It’s a pretty unelegant solution, and from what I’ve seen it’s been communicated pretty misleadingly.
Sorry, that was a bit off-topic, especially since I don’t have too much else to add, but I just wanted to say something regarding that.