(Heaven's BBS)

[cieled]

From: Ciel Phantomhive (Asteria)
Date: September 13th

How can one be animate without a soul? (He asks this far from his shinki - just in case they take offense.) I do not understand how they move; how they speak; how they serve? The essence of life is one's spirit, surely?

(Though he cannot speak for demons, of course.)

I am venturing onto esoteric grounds, I know, but what better place to make such inquiries? Besides, I do not know if I am entirely comfortable sharing my home with one who is soulless.

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[cieled]

A soul must be as complex as the body it calls home. (If not more so.) I could be oversimplifying it. The shinki is missing the equivalent of an arm or leg. To call them entirely soulless is probably cruel.

[shadowrevenger]

i do think it's a little unfair to them. they're still people and they must have something or they wouldn't be walking around...

i don't really have anything better to call them, though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[cieled]

A heart can beat, a brain can function; in the end, our bodies are little more than machines. They can absolutely exist and move about without a soul. I just find such an existence without purpose.

[shadowrevenger]

isn't that why we have them? to give them one? (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و✧

[cieled]

Would you like to exist solely to serve gods who are ill fit for their positions?