As I’ve thought before, the note of confusion could be why a spell that “strikes directly at the soul, severing it from the body” would leave a “burnt hulk of his body.”
It’s not doubtless, there are explanations for why this might make sense—perhaps it does kill at a touch, and then sets the body on fire; it’s magic, who knows?--but this makes the most sense to me.
As I’ve thought before, the note of confusion could be why a spell that “strikes directly at the soul, severing it from the body” would leave a “burnt hulk of his body.”
It’s not doubtless, there are explanations for why this might make sense—perhaps it does kill at a touch, and then sets the body on fire; it’s magic, who knows?--but this makes the most sense to me.