... [That's something. And he's not sure what he could do. Maybe...? But he hasn't tried that new ability on any living and ensouled thing yet.]

Very serious, indeed. Superficially, this shares some similarity with what happens with our other selves created by the Shifts, but what you are telling me is on an entirely different level. I'd like to help, but I admit this is entirely new ground I'm treading on.