Emma continued,
"The moment you can look back in the past, look forward in the future, can plan and reflect, think and being aware of existing, if these conditions are met, something is imparted to the life forces. Do you know what it is?"
Eno shook his head, having stopped working and waiting for her to continue.
"Potential. The soul of a human is woven through with potential, not possible to tell apart." Emma raised a thin, exquisite finger and twirled it around,
"Every plane is full of it. The potential to explore, to fail, to start again. It doesn't matter how this potential is used for the better or the worse."
She slowly spread out her arms,
"Why is stasis the greatest sin of a living being?" She asked, looking as if she were on the top of the world, as she closed her eyes, seeing everything and nothing.
By the way, regarding the last chapter:
Even when it is cooked, eating a human brain causes a fatal disease, originally called Kuru, 'the laughing death.'