Emotion could give the spirit a new purpose, perhaps. Love, self indulgence, pursuit of knowledge, and to feel alive is to have another purpose entirely. To survive.

[She remembers how capricious and cruel some gods were in her own world, and shivers slightly. It was easy to see herself slipping into that sense of contempt.]

It's better that you don't try and go back. Going forward is the only way to truly live life.