Investigating The Netherlores

"You literally said that it's possible that our Souls are thousands of years old, that maybe we're all connected to the Soul of this world, and that we return to it once we die."

"H-how do you even—? That was a limited, older edition. I hadn't believed that anyone would be crazy enough to read or remember its contents."

Except fanatics like Ana, of course.

"Well, I studied Lewis Griffith too, okay? Just because I wasn't a loudmouth about it doesn't mean I didn't appreciate his works."

'A-ah, I see…'

Maria was basically using my unverified theory to justify my soul being old, yet my body being young.

"You just happen to have your memories intact, different from the rest of us. Or maybe…" Maria's eyes widened slightly, as though another idea had popped into her head.

"What do you think happened to the Soul of the original Jared Leonard?"