Lea offered a bit of a sheepish smile at the suspicious reaction, because yeah, definitely valid. "Sorry," he said. "I know it's a bit of a non-sequitur. Would have been less of one earlier, but given the state you were in... yeah."
"Anyway," he said, expression becoming more thoughtful, "this'll take a bit of explaining, but here goes. There are a couple things in my world that have similar characteristics to some of the things you described, and most of them have to do with how a complete being is defined in my world. To be considered complete, a being needs to have three things. The first is a body, which I figure is pretty self-explanatory. The second is a soul, which the force that animates you and keeps you alive. And the third is a heart. I don't mean the physical kind of heart that pumps blood; the heart, in this case, is the part of a person that lets them feel things and connect with people, and is connected to your memory and sense of self. Basically it's everything that makes you you instead of just a living body."
"Probably the closest thing my world has to what you described are Nobodies; that's with a capital 'N'. When someone's soul leaves their body, they die, plain and simple. But when their heart leaves- or rather, is taken-, and that heart was especially strong, sometimes the empty shell that's left behind gets up and starts to move and act on its own. That's a Nobody."
"With me so far? I know it's kind of a lot of information, which is part of why I don't get into it that often, but right now I think it's important."
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Date: 2025-05-04 03:03 am (UTC)"Anyway," he said, expression becoming more thoughtful, "this'll take a bit of explaining, but here goes. There are a couple things in my world that have similar characteristics to some of the things you described, and most of them have to do with how a complete being is defined in my world. To be considered complete, a being needs to have three things. The first is a body, which I figure is pretty self-explanatory. The second is a soul, which the force that animates you and keeps you alive. And the third is a heart. I don't mean the physical kind of heart that pumps blood; the heart, in this case, is the part of a person that lets them feel things and connect with people, and is connected to your memory and sense of self. Basically it's everything that makes you you instead of just a living body."
"Probably the closest thing my world has to what you described are Nobodies; that's with a capital 'N'. When someone's soul leaves their body, they die, plain and simple. But when their heart leaves- or rather, is taken-, and that heart was especially strong, sometimes the empty shell that's left behind gets up and starts to move and act on its own. That's a Nobody."
"With me so far? I know it's kind of a lot of information, which is part of why I don't get into it that often, but right now I think it's important."