There is a theory that mortal souls become spirits of some manner or another after we die; but it is not all that possible to test such a thing.

[ Nor is it something she would relish testing.

For a moment she's struck by the similarities, awash in fond memory before she drags herself back to the present question. Thinking out loud shouldn't be half so charming. ]

I had a mentor that speculated it was the conflict between the mortal soul and demonic influence that made an Abomination so twisted. This had been after a few glasses of wine, mind.