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The concept of a soul was never consistent or explained in ff14, so this explanation doesn’t clear up things at all, really. Unless you can explain what a ‘soul’ is in the lore and what a difference it makes?
I don't know. I just know that in this MSQ they explained that people's memories are separated from their souls to create the endless, so memories and souls are two separate things. But what makes a person alive? Is it their memories or their soul? I say the soul, whatever that is. I think we are supposed to be a fragment of one of the ancient's soul.

"Azem [ˈæz.ɛm] is a character from Final Fantasy XIV. The forgotten fourteenth seat of Amaurot's Convocation of Fourteen before the sundering of Etheirys, they were associated with the sun. They were an adventurer in spirit, yearning to explore the world to discover its wonders and help its denizens. "Azem" is a title rather than a given name, a position otherwise known as the Traveler, and tasked with exploring the larger world of Etheirys and becoming intimate with its myriad peoples and cultures...This greater part of their soul would eventually be reincarnated as the Warrior of Light..."

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Azem