Talk:Flavia Prisca/@comment-5782071-20181210015326/@comment-5782071-20181210171532

Aging: Draco is right, when a Caretaker's role is transferred to another person or they are disconnected by the Ribbon (essentially, whenever the Ribbon is used), they continue to age normally from that point on. Mrs. Frederic was fine when she was disconnected in "The Truth Hurts", and only turned to dust when the Warehouse was destroyed in "Stand".

Transferring: Caretakers seem to have lots of extra-sensory abilities and... senses. Somehow Vanessa knew Claudia was Caretaker material (I imagine Mrs. F. would have been the one to tell her since she could sense it herself). Perhaps she thought Claudia would be an even better Caretaker than she was, having worked alongside its employees and saved it from doom and destruction multiple times. Plus, even though she could have feasibly lived as long as WH13 was around, sometimes Caretakers may simply choose to pass on their role and live a "normal" life - it's not easy watching the world around you change and everyone you've known and loved grow old and die without you. Charlotte and her family wanted to become mortal themselves, so it's not out of reason to assume some Caretakers make the same decision.