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Aura may equal soul in remnant, but it’s pretty clear they don’t follow the same base rules as souls in our world. Souls in our world don’t exactly replenish themselves when used for instance…nor can they be turned into weapons as far as I know.

Since it’s something generated that both increases and decreases when certain conditions are met, much like say, a fire, I believe it’s reasonable to assume aura can, within a certain extent, be harnessed within the world of RWBY.

To answer your question, same thing if it absorbed but didn’t kill him…perhaps the memories would be different, as someone that’s dying of having the life sucked out of him is likely to have a different thought process than someone that’s working.