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Originally Posted by Awakened
Those of you that believe Irene is still alive, explain why Clare felt something from Irene arm right after Irene and Raphaela met?
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Possibilities:
- Rafaela just killed Irene
- Rafaela just began her attack, and Irene's body reacted to the threat
- The arm is reacting to the presense of an awakened being (Ophelia)
- Irene just sealed her own youki
- Irene's youki was forcibly sealed by Rafaela (possible special technique?)
- Soul link/soul transfer - beyond sisters, beyond twins, the transfer of the soul to the only still-living portion of the body. Possibly assisted by Rafaela.
In all honesty, the real question is why is Irene's arm reacting to anything at all? It's been separated from the original body, and so there should be no way for anything affecting Irene to carry through to the arm. We accept it and try to find a cause, but what we should explain first is the effect. Only #'s 3 and 6 explain the effect as well as the cause.
There has been no indication since that time that the arm provides any sort of special sensitivity to youki, and that wasn't Irene's specialty anyway. It's highly unlikely that #3 is valid.
#6 just came to mind while making this list, and the possibility that Rafaela has some unusual techniques available to her due to her part in the experiment. We've never seen her fight, so have no idea of what she can really do.
Or it could be #1, and just simple dramatic effect.