But this is exactly how bargaining with spirits works; transactions of this sort sound more animist than theist, I gotta say. (The "mundane" sacrifice can be present in either.)
> It's the idol who casts the magic, not the owner. I think it's the idol who
> "shares the self" (the term used in Thunder Rebels). That's because the
> Masloians are so afraid of meddling with supernatural entities.
The idol shares its self with what, though? That _is_ the self of the idol? I'm not especially gripped by this as an account of what's going on.
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