The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
New Drop Chapter Three
123Chikadee:
Yeah it'd be nice if fae had souls, at least that would mean that Molly isn't getting shafted.
Dina:
And it would be good for Lily too, who I like.
knightedbishop:
From Uriel’s discussions with Harry, I think the soul is bound to free will. If angels labor to protect free will and choice, and they also are concerned with saving souls, I therefore think free will, soul, and the soul gaze are linked.
Jim implies, as many story tellers do, that greater power limits ones’s freedom to act. No mortal wizard holds a candle to the ladies, who are the least of the queens. Uriel is incredibly powerful, and is similarly incredibly bound on using his power.
At the same time, Uriel gives that thoughtful nugget: you are a soul, you have a body. I can’t see that Molly or Lily’s souls vanished because they took their mantles. They still have will. They are bound in their ability to exercise it. I can see their soul somehow suppressed as their free will to act is similarly suppressed. Lost? No. Obscured? Yes. I think that ties well into the soul gaze too. The soul gazes of mortals we’ve seen have revealed who someone is or who they may become. We don’t see immortals in a soul gaze, but the Sight shows who they are in terms of power and intent, like the vileness of the nagloshii or the sheer scope of Mab and Titania when they were creating a battle ground. In short, the soul gaze depicts the sum of a mortal’s choices to date and where future choices may lead. When a being has little or no free will to choose, there is little or nothing to see from a soul gaze, but the Sight can show their power and intent.
Give up the mantle and you are free to choose again. Mortality can be lost because it is a status bound up in free will. It can be regained by giving up the power that bound your will. The soul gaze (or lack of it) reflects a being’s status at the moment.
Dina:
I had not thought that. It is an interesting theory.
123Chikadee:
I like that theory and I hope it's gets confirmed.
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