Moon nodded as he absorbed the information. The woman was knowledgeable, and he noticed that she consistently referenced the Association's research rather than her own experience or the findings of other groups.
That told him something about her affiliation with the group. 'She might be an Association worker…although that's just an assumption for now.'
"Okay, that makes sense. The spirits have replaced or exchanged lives for the spiritual energy they carry."
Isabelle nodded slowly. "I'm not sure if replace or exchange is the exact terminology. This phenomenon might not be something active that spirits choose, but something passive. Like the system instilled it in them in some way. But yes, you can think of it like that. It doesn't really matter anyway."
"What about beasts that provide lots of lives but little to no spiritual energy?" Moon asked. "I encountered one recently. A beast that looked like a mixture between a pig and a panda. It had impressive physical strength."
