As you may have gathered from our previous conversation, one of my primary interests is in the study of the soul. My own people have sparks, as I said, and these are things we can easily quantify, measure, and even shift from body to body - my own, in fact, is immortal and indestructible, though most of my people are not so fortunate. My inquiry is whether or not the human soul can be so measured and quantified. I have been unable, thus far, to do so with science, but perhaps another method is required.
... and then you also mentioned that it may be possible to change one's form through magic.
You see... my people have long been shapechangers. Eons ago, we fought a war against those who would have made us slaves, and we won this war by learning to change our shape, to blend in with our surroundings and disguise ourselves as the unexpected. The way we did so on Earth was by taking on the forms of vehicles - I myself chose the shape of a jet plane. In many ways, this ability is the signature talent of my people - beyond our size, our strength, our skill with science, we are transformers.
The Porter has stripped me of this power. But the idea that I might be able to do so again intrigues me.
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Magic. Yes. [ponders this]
As you may have gathered from our previous conversation, one of my primary interests is in the study of the soul. My own people have sparks, as I said, and these are things we can easily quantify, measure, and even shift from body to body - my own, in fact, is immortal and indestructible, though most of my people are not so fortunate. My inquiry is whether or not the human soul can be so measured and quantified. I have been unable, thus far, to do so with science, but perhaps another method is required.
... and then you also mentioned that it may be possible to change one's form through magic.
You see... my people have long been shapechangers. Eons ago, we fought a war against those who would have made us slaves, and we won this war by learning to change our shape, to blend in with our surroundings and disguise ourselves as the unexpected. The way we did so on Earth was by taking on the forms of vehicles - I myself chose the shape of a jet plane. In many ways, this ability is the signature talent of my people - beyond our size, our strength, our skill with science, we are transformers.
The Porter has stripped me of this power. But the idea that I might be able to do so again intrigues me.