[He shrugs, finally standing a bit straighter now that he's had some time to catch his breath. By all means it should be impossible for something like that to be "removed", but it's not like their bodies here are normal to begin with.]

I have a few theories... our bodies here are constructs of this world instead of the originals, so traits being removed or swapped around isn't impossible. Take Heru and... what's his name? Utsushi? Their appearances are a perfect match but they lack key traits of the originals. The current situation could be related to what causes soulless shinki, in other words.

[... which is kind of worrying when he puts it like that. Let's just hope no one loses their soul today.]

Ebisu seems to have acquired my missing "traits". Try not to spook him too much if you run into him.

Anyway... I'm fine, I just needed to rest for a bit. [yeah sure add like you're not a fucking baby who's going to pass out after the next ten meters]