C 97. Strong Soul, Weak Body

She never called my name before!

"Why is it a bane?" I'm a bit scared but my instincts are just fine without any alarms.

"There are so many reasons, the most likely one is your soul is injured. The second reason is that your soul is stronger than your body. That causes it to emit too much energy that could destroy the body." 

She eyed me for some seconds weighing what to say.

"Listen and listen carefully. We are going to exchange some knowledge and what I'm about to tell you will aid you in the future if you use it well.

And I want to learn something from you too, a boon for you that you will be telling me something I don't know. 

That Will force me to put a blessing on you. Did you understand?"

Yes, till she said a blessing on me as if she is some kind of Deity!

"Yes."

"Soul is a non-tangible Force. It's not Energy but a Force. Take it at that and leave at that!

But when mixed with energy it increases the Energy Potency. Leave it at that and don't ask questions.

So, a soul in a lifeform always mixes with the energy of the said lifeform. And that creates Spirit Energy.

As we speak now, the Presence of Soul in your body creates a Spirit that travels through your muscles, bones and any organs. 

Through this, you will understand that Spirit is Soul exerting its Presence. 

The most basic example is fire. When you lit a candle, the light is a form of the Presence of the fire, so also the heat is a form of the Presence of the fire. 

Without Fire, Heat and Light together will not be there. And without the Light and Heat, the Fire can't identify or exert its presence to the surrounding.

In a sense, heat can bring fire. Or too much heat can ignite a fire. Take it at that.

If a Soul is injured, don't ask me how, as it's complicated. It will behave like Fire in a wind.

The fire will burn with intensity by burning away the energy source faster than normal and exhaust itself. 

In your case, your whole body is made of Energy that the Soul may be used to maintain itself. Thus, exhausting you.

And that may be happening to you!" She concluded.

"I need a bit of meditation to understand what you said!" I said. 

"Go ahead, I can wait."

A few hours later I opened my eyes.

She is right, for most of the part but something crucial. I came to this conclusion after spending hours in mediation.

"I understand now."

"As for the second case, if your Soul is stronger than your body! Or your Soul grows stronger than your body can contain.

For example, Will is sometimes an attribute of the soul. So, having experience after experiences will increase the sturdiness of the Will and that indirectly increases the Soul strength.

But if the body does not experience the same, it will not grow with it.

With your nightmares, your Will increases as well as your Mental Fortitude but did your body experience that? No.

The body does not need to be injured or suffer, but just being in a place where things happen is enough to make it have experience.

If that is the case, then your body will wane the more you use your eye ability. As the Spirit will keep pushing the body beyond its capability till the body breaks eventually.

Which one are you?" She asked at last.

"I don't know, but the first time I entered my Internal Mind it was easy. But the internal view was dark with only my heartbeat echoing.

In fact, the darkness and the silence was a bit overwhelming. But after some time it will either look brighter or dimmer. Just like now, it was a bit dimmer than in the morning. 

Which one is it?" I inquire too.

"I don't know. Maybe the nature of your ability gives you leeway for having a strong soul. And that is still dangerous.

Now that I think about it. Perhaps Director Khan already knows about you having strong Spirits through his experiment!" She said.

"Will that help?" I asked.

"Yes. It's time for me to ask you….."

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I don't remember what she asked me or what I said to her, but there is no panic in me. Hopefully, it's nothing big deal.

***

Today I'm leaving Sector 9 for Sector 7. If everything went right then Sector 9 will be my new home.

My stay in this place was amazing but scary. No one has a simple ability here. But I enjoy my stay and one important thing I learned is that the craziness of this world just gets better.

The concept of Strongest Ability is vague and only depends on the user's creativity.

After making some comrades I learned that in the whole facility, the scariest person is Madam 9.

But managing Sector 9, put a toll on her that she herself was wary of some of them and tread with care. 

Not that she is weaker or they can injure her, but it was more like in some cases she must have used a certain method. 

Which is counterproductive on her part.

A prime example is Amina, the girl who was still in deep sleep trapped somewhere in a dream world by Madam 9 herself. 

The person that used to disturb my food has a weird ability that if you offend him no matter what your defence is or what kind of power you have you will face a consequence.

The consequences are double what you have done to him. And even if he is the one that offends you first.

For example, if he slapped you, and then you slapped him back, by any chance you slapped him a bit stronger than his, then you will face consequences.

They call his power Nightmare Offender. Imagine that I have been bathed in nightmares since birth but tremble when I face one of his abilities.

I was so shocked that I wondered about the validity of what I may have been experiencing in my dreams.

But after I remember what Madam 9 said about my body physically not witnessing any substantial experience makes it weak for my soul.

That changed my thoughts and I understand that the fear and horror I experienced was what the body is experiencing. 

And fears induced by my Nightmares are from my mind. My body will only experience after images of it.

So if I experience fear through my body I will feel the brunt of it.

But I keep offending Aron, that is the boy's name. The reason is that any time he attacks me with his power, my body becomes resistant to his fear-inducing ability.

I was hoping to put my body at the same mental stability as my mind.

Apart from him, there is Sarah. She is the person that gives me food every day. She cooks very delicious and beneficial food for anyone.

But her offensive power is scary, if you do anything that angers her, then say bye-bye to eating any kind of food.