Talk:Momo Kisaragi/@comment-25066377-20150326001947

(This is in response to RoraChaa's conversation, I can't reply to it for some reason. Sorry)

((Also spoilers))

The snakes act more like surrogate lives than anything. When you die and are entered into the heat-haze, you have the possibility of coming back to life. The snakes sort of "possess" you, and you're brought back with them and you now have whatever eye-power they had (hence why in the anime the Snake of Clearing Eyes said that he was keeping Kenjirou alive, while talking to Ayano. I don't remembe the exact conversation, but I believe it said something along the lines of "I can kill him anytime", proving that the snake was acting like a surrogate life for him). So, in Momo's case, she and her father drowned together. However, Momo was the only one who came back, as her father did not get possessed by a snake, and did not have a surrogate life. She came back with her eye-power due to the snake as well. The entire rest of the family didn't notice her power, and figured it was just a miracle she'd managed to survive. Hope this explains some things.