[and not for the first time tonight, the question gives her pause. her own glibness betrays her once again. maybe... it isn't.]

Other souls were floating free in the universe for our bodies to just get filled with them. [there's the sound of her sitting up, and her mumbling sounds like she's trying to think through a complicated math problem.] It wasn't an apocalypse, but maybe it didn't have to be. Maybe that's just the easiest way to find a lot of souls. If they're strong enough to survive...

Goddammit, dude. [her attention is back to the call now and even if she's sounding more animated, it's hard to tell whether it's a good thing.] Her soul could just be waiting to hitch a ride in another vessel like me.