she reaches a wolfcube with a cartoon bone in its mouth. he daintily puts it down. Ahems. ]
If the brain has matured to the point it can support itself autonomously, the body doesn't die. This can take months to years depending on the amount of lifestyle stress placed on the individual...
The soul doesn't attach to it any more than any other part of the body; in this world, anyway, I have concluded we are considered to inhabit in some amount all parts of our physical frame. Consider it more like a gate that eases the passage of a foreign soul into the flesh. So... you'd want to keep the body alive to keep everything well anchored, I suppose...
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On that note, having one WILL make you more intrinsically vulnerable to possession.
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she reaches a wolfcube with a cartoon bone in its mouth. he daintily puts it down. Ahems. ]
If the brain has matured to the point it can support itself autonomously, the body doesn't die. This can take months to years depending on the amount of lifestyle stress placed on the individual...
The soul doesn't attach to it any more than any other part of the body; in this world, anyway, I have concluded we are considered to inhabit in some amount all parts of our physical frame. Consider it more like a gate that eases the passage of a foreign soul into the flesh. So... you'd want to keep the body alive to keep everything well anchored, I suppose...
...
On that note, having one WILL make you more intrinsically vulnerable to possession.