Hardin:
My process will physically change the subject's actual material form.
Understand that the body of a living being is merely a vessel for the soul.
Outward appearance is an expression of that inner substance; put another way, the body is intimately connected to the soul.
By using powerful magic, I was successful in changing a subject's outward appearance by reconfiguring the molecular bonds that constitute the body.
However, I discovered that life functions soon came to a halt. Soon thereafter, the reconfigured bonds themselves disintegrated...
Does that mean the soul has to be transformed as well?