They discourage really weak ones, basically, but- well. Hard to make anything strong enough to counter my nature. We kind of hoped they'd be a good ward against possession.

[He's told very few here that he has no defense against it, largely because it's such a huge weakness to anything capable of exploiting that. No way to prevent his body being taken, no mental defenses either-- the wrong person could do a lot of damage if they realized the opportunity, and his own weaknesses are not something Ryan likes to dwell on. He's a little more tense, again, and his posture has subtly shifted to where he's close to curling in on himself.]

Fortunately a lot of spirits are pretty weak, though. These help.