What if earth were still in development?
Back in the day, some inventor decided it'd be nice to have a place to escape to where they could indulge in some tangible things instead of floating around being a shade all the time. So he created the universe. Whatever, NBD.
The project quickly becomes pretty large, with said inventor needing to employ loads of other shades. Not knowing how to compensate them for their time, he decided that he'd reward them by being the beta testers of his creation.
Two shades, one for the mind and one for the body, would inhabit each individual. Depending on their commitment, they could select any animal they chose. The most dedicated would be humans. The only task they had was to acquire knowledge of earth and the universe to pass down to the next shades, and if they didn't want to do that, they could be doctors or lawyers or frycooks or whatever.
Eventually, the inventor will finish his project and earth will be a paradise. Until then, hold tight.
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When I was thinking about this, I went super in-depth and thought about why shades chose to be men or women, why you need two shades, what the limit on lives are, and why we don't remember being a shade. I will not go into that because I sound like a whacko right now.
-Ryan
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