<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=158503.msg7362953#msg7362953">Quote from: Pretty in Pink on 11-12-2012, 04:40:54</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'm currently in the process of trying to remember just how strong a Solar bond really is.  IE, if both parties have reincarnated since the last time they saw each other, will the Lunar still recognize the Solar immediately?  And if so, HOW?  Would it be the Essence?  Which, of course, is my bet.  And if she does recognize a certain someone, she's not going to leave him.  :P<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>The bond its self, equates to a strong emotional connection, manifesting as a Intimacy. This Intimacy forms upon meeting your mate for the first time, and must be a strong emotion, love is typical, but hate is also relatively common, others are plausible with justification. Its not a recognition as such, its not the<em>person</em>thats reincarnating, its the<em>Exaltation</em>, its a soul-deep instinct, a sense of deja-view, or sudden epiphany (its not uncommon for lunar PCs to have stalked their mate pregame, in a attempt to figure out what the hell is going on here). In rare cases, its possible to manifest actual flashes of first-age memory, seeing your past lover with a new face, but this is more common with ex-elders who have not died often since then.<br/><br/>The strength of this is dependent on the dots of your Bond, a lunar with no Bond dots has a very weak bond they can entirely ignore, since you have four dots, youd probably be damn near<em>compelled</em>to seek your mate out and remain in proximity to them, feeling the resonance of your previous devotion.