Do artificial beings have souls ?

[RukoBoshi]

While I'd acknowledge that the situation here is very complicated and nebulous, I'd also put forward the additional question of 'what difference does it make?

I was just wondering about the implications of having a soul granted to you.
Familiar like Meteion don't seem have one, so it's not like it's a requirement for intelligent being. So then, why does a being like Alpha got one ? What difference do they have that one got a soul and not the other ?

And why does it matter to even get one in the first place, considering it only gives you two things as far as we know : the ability to go to the Lifestream upon death, and reincarnation.

For example like you and KageTokage said, Alpha got a soul and it didn't change anything. Omega even said they are both like material possessions and could be teleported by us as such, despite Alpha having his own soul.

The anatomy of souls and where they come from is something I'm hoping they'll touch on more deeply going forward considering we still don't know what the precise distinction between Ancient, Echo-blessed souls vs. normal ones is still, and it could potentially tie into the very origin/nature of the star itself.

I really hope they do, i really wonder if there's a reason why the star grant some people a soul.
Doesn't really seem necessary for the little it does change.

There's probably something you could cobble together with the Auspices, the Anima weapon questline, Gigi and other such story-lines but it's definitely a "some assembly required" part of the lore if u wish to engage with it.

That's a good idea, although i'm not sure the Anima weapon got a regular soul, seems closer to something like a familiar or construct.