[ By the way he pointedly ignores that comeback, he's essentially agreeing without saying it. He had to tell Ludger about the soul bridge in a letter, there was no way much else about what he'd done would ever see the light of day. ]

No, I guess not.

[ That didn't stop Julius from using Ludger, early on. He was only taking care of him out of guilt, but also for the added benefit of being able to use that second pocketwatch to increase the power of his chromatus. So for all intents and purposes, he doesn't really see a whole lot of a difference, as far as Julius was concerned. ]

It's quite the power to have access to, to be able to use your skeletal structure like that at will. I can't imagine it feels pleasant to use it.