Quote Originally Posted by JepMZ View Post
That's what I originally thought before the book. But they go out of their way to use the exact same sentence that she's an reincarnation for Gaia's entry as well. I don't think proof of echo is necessary to prove or disprove she's a shard. The source Minfilia never uses her echo except to talk to the sahaghin, which wasn't necessary, everybody talks English on 2.0.
She didnt use her echo in the 2.0 patches to "talk," to the sahagin she actually had the same echo vision we had. And it wasn't shown to be used anymore because there was no need. Plus she was the only one who was able to see Elidibus in 2.0 when he went to the waking Sands in the early patch.