A class strengthened the soul — the invisible architecture behind every ability, every instinct sharpened beyond what a normal human could access. The evolutionary path, by contrast, strengthened the soul's container: the body that housed it, carried it, and ultimately determined how much of the soul's power could actually be expressed in the physical world.
The relationship between the two was simple enough in theory. The stronger the body, the more efficiently a person could channel what their class gave them. One without the other was like a river with no banks — the power had nowhere to flow before it scattered and was lost.
Xavier had thought about this before, but the point that still nagged at him was the DeathWill aura.
