If changing species could elevate one's tier directly, ninety-nine percent of professionals would agree without hesitation.
It's not that they lack affection for the purely human species, but rather, those who truly embark on the path of a professional realize the higher their tier, the more non-human they have become.
"Spirit Vision, constantly reminding you that everything your eyes see is false and deceitful. When you look in the mirror, the monster within it is smiling at you..."
"Mirror Phobia" is common among new professionals, but at the mid to high-level, they usually become numb to it.
Having seen many companions transformed into Magic Monsters, gotten used to strange whispers and screams around them, and having seen mutations on their own and their companions' bodies... not using Spirit Vision to look in mirrors has become a habit.
