[Life too long but needed, other ends to come first, including an end to avoid, so it won't come - ]

Miharu isn't here -- but he is... somewhere.

[And he nods, and holds it to catch what she has said, too; lifts his face back up.]

I think I understand.

[He truly does think he at least have an inkling - spirits change to give minds something to grasp. Compassion helps, but it doesn't have a body to move or speak with. Cole does. Shapes that don't warp the edges to make them meet...]

-- Except that you're not a spirit. That's why I - asked if you are a mage, or something like one, but you say it's not magic.

You - say you "bend", but... [Like clay?] Doesn't a girl have more - [More... moreness, really. Mass. Substance and space.] - than a cat?

Where do you get it?

[With a drop of his head to tilt. If it isn't magic, then there's no making-something-real-that-wasn't-before.]