There are many stupid questions, but I don't think this is one of them. [She points to his head.] The soul isn't in here. Not exactly. It's more... in there. [She sticks her hand inside his ribcage and wiggles it a bit.] Technically, it's more along the lines of... how these 'tablets' and 'phones' work for us. He isn't in the living world, but I can hear his voice. Even if all I have is a fraction of his bone, I can speak to him.

[She indicates the hairpin she's wearing, which is mostly fashioned out of a crow skull and its feathers.] It works for animals, too. There's a law where I come from about using feathers from different birds in one headpiece - they startle easily and it can be quite bothersome.