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Debra Dunbar:
When you are writing, what do you imagine spirit forms look like? Follow up: After Sam's wings appear it's fairly vague: she's gained a lot of her power's back, but is her spirit form still hideously scarred or did her ascension heal that damage at the same time it restored a lot of her abilities?
Debra Dunbar
Oh my, that's like trying to describe what a color tastes like! I see spirit forms as a kind of living energy. They wouldn't be visible to the eye, but I envision them as a sort of cloudy-thing as I'm writing about them.
Sam will always carry scars, although they'll age and fade somewhat with time. I wanted the angels and demons to be like us when it comes to injury to their spirit beings - sometimes parts are damaged forever, others heal slowly, and sometimes when a bunch of red-purple billions-of-years-old angel integrates into an imp's being, healing can be much faster.
I saw Sam's powers as not completely lost/damaged beyond repair as she feared they were, but rather "stuck" behind a whole lot of scar tissue. Breaking down that scar tissue is painful, but it allows the abilities to restore themselves.
Sam will always carry scars, although they'll age and fade somewhat with time. I wanted the angels and demons to be like us when it comes to injury to their spirit beings - sometimes parts are damaged forever, others heal slowly, and sometimes when a bunch of red-purple billions-of-years-old angel integrates into an imp's being, healing can be much faster.
I saw Sam's powers as not completely lost/damaged beyond repair as she feared they were, but rather "stuck" behind a whole lot of scar tissue. Breaking down that scar tissue is painful, but it allows the abilities to restore themselves.
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