[Swallows, not used to people paying attention to him. About the only person he ever spouts this stuff to is Shinra Kishitani, and certainly not 5th year Slytherins who would normally taunt him for either his blood status, or any of the other personality and stature issues that he usually got crap for.]
I think it's in all the cells, you see. Possibly it's a function of the DNA, which is an interesting aside because of mitochondria - ah, but that's a bit difficult to go into. Um. But, yes. The life force is in all the cells, and it's probably the neurons, the cells that make up the brain and the spinal cord and all our nerves, that house the consciousness. So, you see, there has to be a way to measure that energy, and see how long it remains in the body after death, and in what parts. And then reignite it.
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I think it's in all the cells, you see. Possibly it's a function of the DNA, which is an interesting aside because of mitochondria - ah, but that's a bit difficult to go into. Um. But, yes. The life force is in all the cells, and it's probably the neurons, the cells that make up the brain and the spinal cord and all our nerves, that house the consciousness. So, you see, there has to be a way to measure that energy, and see how long it remains in the body after death, and in what parts. And then reignite it.