[quote=@Thundercrash]
[@Stern Algorithm] something in your explanation has occurred to me. 

Vedika's abilities are based on her inviolate sense of "self", separating her "self" from "other"s. But, in order for her to then pass on her power to protect someone else, she would then by necessity have to include them as being part of her "self", otherwise her power would repel them. 

So then her sense of "self" isn't totally inviolate.
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[quote=@Themerlinhawk]
[@Thundercrash]Thats an interesting point. Or she could just be making them inviolate. sort of like forcing them to be "Self"
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My original idea was that she was triggering her target's 'terror' to become physical rather than extending her aura to them because she isn't protected during it.  I suppose I did call it 'aura transfer' though. I think Merlin's version probably makes the most sense.  To be fair, Vedika's inspiration comes from two sources, and in explaining everything through the lens of self vs other, I potentially neglect to explain things that were mainly derived from the other inspiration (Shaolin Monks in Wuxia novels).

[quote=@Themerlinhawk]
[@Stern Algorithm] you know what's funny I was going to use the idea of a neutrino to explain spirits in a similar fashion. Beings with no mass, no energy but with a manifest effect on reality. Nice to know someone else has a solid grasp on physics although your ideas areally straying dangerously close to philosophy which tends to my area of general expertise. Besides psychology....God I sound arrogant XD
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Honestly, the closer I can stray towards philosophy, the better.  I'm what I'd call a 'Wikipedia Philosopher' which is to say I'm not a philosopher at all, but the topic intrigues me and what little knowledge I have on it I learned from Wikipedia. If you have any thoughts that could bolster or better flesh-out Vedika's lore and/or character, I'd be happy to hear it.