"In appearance and body structure, they're completely different. The way they experience the world is new for them, too. Sort of like... if a fish became a bird. That kind of radical change in perspective." It's an analogy she's used before, but it seems to paint the clearest picture of what it must be like to undergo spirit conversion.

But that's not to say there are no connections...

"It seems like they still have memories of their previous lives, but they don't fully identify as their past selves. The first thing they each did was ask for a new name."