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> だから、普段は小指さん、自分は”小指である”なんて意識もなく、持ち主の人と一体となっているのですが。。。。。。持ち主の人が寝ている時なんか、ふっと小指としてだけの意識になったりします。

Context: The previous sentence talks about how the little finger is just one
part of the body, rather than an independent individual.

My translation of this is:

> Instead of being conscious of him being just a little finger(a part of
> something bigger), the little finger thinks of himself as a single body,
> along with the owner (my hazy understanding of that と). But when the owner
> sleeps, he thinks of himself suddenly as an independent little
> finger(小指としてだけ）.

Does that seem right?
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What does と一体 mean in this sentence
**～と一体【いったい】となる** is a set phrase that means "to become one with ～", "to
behave as one (set) with ～", "to act in unison with ～", "to be fully
integrated with ～", etc.

>   * 宇宙と一体となる to become one with the universe
>   * リーダーと一体となって行動しなさい。 Behave in unison with your leader.
>   * 持ち主の人と一体となる to become one with the owner (person)
>

So the sentence says the little finger behaves only as part of the owner when
the owner is awake. When the owner is asleep, sometimes the little finger
gains its own consciousness.
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