Peculiar Soul Chapter 37: Staring at the Sun

One of the most-researched aspects of the soul is its perceived strength. There have been many proposals for systems of classification, standardized units of asurent, exhaustive rubrics for defining the capabilities and nature of souls. I have no doubt that such a thing would advance our understanding of souls well past our current state; nevertheless I have opposed efforts at standard classification in ndian each ti they have arisen.

There is often a sense of betrayal from my academic colleagues when I speak my opposition - after all, I am usually a friend to those in pursuit of new knowledge. They approach, red-faced and voices raised, to tell that when all have been taught their thods of classification we will never again see a soul we cannot define, never again be left wondering at the capabilities or powers a particular person has been endowed with.

They are entirely correct, albeit for the wrong reasons.

- Leire Gabarain, Annals of the Sixteenth Star, 689.