Editing Echo (section)

== Uses==
Echoes aren't typically used because they aren't seen as reliable to work with and burn out if drawn on for power.<ref>“Exactly. There aren’t many places where you find intact ghosts, and they aren’t really sought after, because they’re unreliable to work with and they tend to burn out if you draw on them for power.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref> As impressions, they can affect their surroundings depending on how they were formed.<ref>“Another thing? Misery likes company, and ghosts tend to try to bring others down to their level. Whatever grips them, they spread it. Anger, pain, sadness, madness…” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref> A ghost who suffered a debilitating injury will share that same pain with all those around it; one that died from being burned or frozen will give off extreme heat or cold. While these sensations aren't real, they feel real enough.

In some cases a ghost might appear to ordinary vision like a normal human, only flickering under the [[Sight]].<ref>He was square jawed, muscular, and, to her sight, flickering at the edges. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/08/25 Excerpt] from [[Leaving a Mark 4.3]]</ref> In others they might simply be invisible to the unawakened.<ref>I looked down at Evan, then up at the officer.<br><br>“No way out,” Evan whispered, in his replay-of-a-memory voice.<br><br>There was no need to whisper. He couldn’t be seen or heard. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/12 Excerpt] from [[Conviction 5.2]]</ref><ref name=":1/>

By binding ghosts into weapons or items, their powers can be used and directed. An example would be Blake's [[Frost Hatchet]], where a ghost of a woman who died of hypothermia enables it to freeze things it cuts into or have an area effect when the ghost inside is released.<ref>“We’ll need a way to inscribe the handle, or she can leave any time she feels like it, and she’s liable to go out in one big intense shot of cold the moment you hit something,” Rose said, as I made my way into the hallway. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref>

Some [[Technomancer]]s can find or create ghosts that are trapped inside a song, then copy that song to create a (weaker) copy of the ghost.

[[Ghoul]]s and Echoes can form something of a symbiosis together, this is usually between natural 'ghosts' and 'standard' ghouls however; variants of either that step outside the natural cycle of life and death can harm each other.<ref>They’d patrolled for a while and [<nowiki/>[[Nibble]]] had gotten walloped by a ghost.<br>[...]<br>Ghouls were creatures of Death, and many ghosts were as well. There were symbiotic relationships in some ghoul clusters with the ghosts of their areas. Being around a ghoul could sustain an ghost well past its usual expiration, and the ghosts could themselves deter innocents from the ghoul’s hunting ground.<br><br>Nibble wasn’t so great at that part of things. Chloe had a better sense of the things, and felt more comfortable around them. As last night’s issue with the ghost tearing into him had proven. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/04/06 Excerpt] from [[One After Another 10.c]]</ref>

They can also be used as a power source, but this runs the risk of using them up and wiping out the impressions entirely.

Ghosts can also be warded against by a circle or banished with [[salt]].<ref>“Salt,” she said. “Is a pure substance, and any ghosts that actively want to hurt us are going to be naturally impure. Tainted by anger and hatred.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/01/25 Excerpt] from [[Damages 2.3]]</ref><ref>The deal I’d struck with Evan, the de-facto deal, was to keep him from Death. Death, even with outside intervention, wouldn’t claim him.<br><br>But that deal, holding to that deal? That took power.<br><br>I was dimly aware as the dead bird was tossed at the side of the building. I felt it like a physical blow when salt was tossed onto the body. - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/ Excerpt] from [[Conviction 5.4]]</ref><ref>“This isn’t the time to start acting more like a ghost. ''Why'' can’t you?” Rose asked.<br><br>“F-frostbite?” Evan asked.<br><br>He held up one hand, showing us fingers that were ''frayed '' at the tip. More ghostly than they might otherwise be.<br><br>“Salt,” I said. “This is all very deliberate.” - [https://pactwebserial.wordpress.com/2014/04/15 Excerpt] from [[Conviction 5.3]]</ref><!--Edith interlude talks about salt-->