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[sageprincess]

Do we have any concrete information about the phantoms that roam floor eleven at night? Aside from the fact that they sound like our loved ones, of course.

[She has her doubts the answer is yes, but might as well try.]

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[pinnaculum]

According to my source, phantoms are created when an attempt is made to bring a person's body and soul here at the same time. This does not work, so they are "broken" and become phantoms.

If this is true, perhaps they are the remains of the people you believe they sound like.

--Sephiroth

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[sageprincess]

[... Ah! This is new. ... And it basically confirms Gandalf's theory from so long ago. She doesn't particularly like thinking about that prospect, but there's only one way to get to the bottom of all this.]

Is that so. I had not heard the part about bodies and souls being brought at once before.

Do you know in what way they are "broken"?

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[pinnaculum]

My source is reliable. They heard it from Zo.

The mechanics were not explained, and Zo himself might not understand them. It was only said that the soul is broken by the process.

According to Zo, simple souls, like that of monsters, can be brought in along with their bodies, but more complex ones are damaged, so that must be what causes them to break down.

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[sageprincess]

I see. In a way, I am reminded of the talk of splitting and merging souls from last month, but in an obviously more unrefined manner.

Did your source ask anything about how to heal the broken souls? Or what happened to the bodies those souls belonged to, for that matter?