I've jumped timelines before, and the cost of that alone is very high... but I've never heard of a situation where your soul can be taken without the physical body. Normally when that happens it's with someone's death and the soul is sent elsewhere.

[ It's interesting? But maybe the power used was that unstable? As for the soul talk... well he had two instances of it. He focuses instead on the teen's worries. ] ..I think I better understand why he was so shaken when he woke. [ A contemplating look. ] I cannot explain why we were taken away, but my theory is it's one of the upper management in charge that did it. We each received some sign of them, a feather. A feather that does not match any of the Watchers.

[ As for the inquiry, he decides to take a moment to lean, considering his words. ] Well, when we realized we were somewhere else entirely, we learned we were on the very same sunken ship he and the others explored a few days prior. Of course, this was in a time before its eventual wreckage. We were caught up in a storm so I had Suigetsu and Power help the deckmen prepare for it while Alphinaud and I went trailing a group of kids. A sea dragon seemed to not just attack the city we were drawing close to but collided with the ship as well.

[ Which explains why the group of them were suffering from hypothermia and all bruised up. ]

When we woke up though, we were in a cave, which is where we dealt with those fishmen.