Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-1599757-20151212162645/@comment-4010415-20151212181614

DiegoAnime3000 wrote:

'''It appears that everyone who becomes a Maiden has to make a sacrifice. There's a possibility of losing themselves in the process.''' Like a vessel, they give them a new body but who's in control of it depends on the user. Pyrrha might stop existing or at least become just a voice in her own body while Amber gets to rule her body. No, no.

That doesn't happen to every Maiden.

Normally, the power is passed down to the next Maiden. However, part of Amber's power has been stolen, while part of it remains. The only way for them to transfer her remaining power to Pyrrha is for them to transfer Amber's soul into Pyrrha.

That is why they're questioning what it will do to Pyrrha and whether she'll come out of it still herself. They're doing what Atlas did to make Penny, but instead of putting a soul into a "what", they're putting it into a... *completes Qrow's sentence* who.