User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/RWBY User Battle Tournament Round 1:Shinu/Torrent vs Coroda Kage/@comment-29643412-20130227012216/@comment-29643412-20130227013646

And that people think BOC is a weapon. It's a being, it's something that lives through Coroda. The reason it prolongs Coroda's life is if it doesn't and Coroda dies, BOC dies with him.