She was done talking, but my jaw was still on the floor.
I didn't know she could do that!
That sounded like an insanely useful ability!
Of course, there had to be some sort of limitations. But still, soul transfer sounded ridiculously overpowered!
"That's great!" I exclaimed, clapping my hands together. "Wait, let me get the others—"
"No."
I blinked and looked back at her. "What?"
"No," she repeated sternly. "I can only take one soul in my currently suppressed state. Even that will put an enormous strain on me. Any more is impossible. And we don't have bodies prepared for anyone else. That's why I sent them away. So there's no need to inform them. Now, I want you to relax, if you don't mind, and give me verbal consent to own your soul. Don't worry, I'll return it as soon as we—"
"No," I interrupted her this time.
Now as you might imagine, what followed was a very long stretch of baffled silence — baffled on her part, but very certain on mine.
