Mn, not exactly. There's a...record, where all the universe's information is stored. Not just everything that has happened, but everything that will or can.

[She speaks slowly, picking each word with care. The concept is more complicated than that, but Jack isn't a magus. There's no point to loading him down with pointless details.]

The soul of every infant originates in that place. A person should lose their connection to it when they're born—but I didn't.