"Um," she said, "it'll work, some. See, when you attack the spirit you're using your will, your desire, to attack and damage it. It's you against the spirit. The gun's a tool, a symbol, that acts as your surrogate against the spirit. Yes, you aim, but the bullets themselves have no will of their own. The effect is lessened. If it's you attacking—your own hands, your own blows—there's nothing interfering. You strike with your own will."