Re: Louis D/Alyssa V
[Uh.] No, as in they purchased the things, typically. In some cases a family member made the object many years before, but that's less common in this day and age. People purchase most of their possessions and pass them down. That became common a few hundred years ago. Further back than that, and I suppose more possessions might have been handmade within the household. [Pause.] As for souls being in the objects, only in the prosaic sense. As far as I know.