Back Trip [2]

What she said was interesting partly because it was not in the novel. And anything I was unaware of was crucial to me and something I needed to know. I can't afford to give up on any piece of information, as I don't know when I might need it. 

I got about all of what she said, but there was still one thing remaining that puzzled me. 

"According to you, our souls have combined and turned into one single soul. Then why didn't I turn into a sword or am not able to switch forms as you can do, transform into a sword when you want to? I mean, that was what happened when you were sealed, right?" I asked. 

"That's quite easy," she said. "It's because your physical body wasn't destroyed during the time your soul met with ours, which was the case with me." 

"I see…so that's how it is," I mumbled under my breath.