The second set of changes are mental; shrine maidens partially lose their sense of self, and are hardwired to see themselves as an extension of Heaven as an entity more than as individuals. Some have debated whether this constituted losing free will, but this question is considered taboo; bringing the subject up is a great way to be thrown out of an Angelic town. As part of this loss of "sense of self", there is also a sense that their identity is "Angelic". Though it is customary and polite to refer to all shrine maidens as female, using female pronouns, evidence suggests that they may really be neither male, female, nor anything in between, and that their "true" gender is some Angelic form of non-binary; thus explaining the other half of the meaning behind the word ''maiden''.
The last, and by far the most visible and recognizable changes, are the bestowing of Angelic powers. Shrine maidens can perform no less than five angelic powers; the three abilities that can be performed by [[guardian angel|guardian angels]] (''light shield'', ''healing beam'' and ''light ball''), an exclusive ''Charge gohei'' ability which does exactly what it says on the tin, and by far the most powerful of all angelic powers, ''divine-gating'', which instantly summons a small squad of angelic creatures by the shrine maiden's side, to assist in her defense and duties.
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