is a copy of the soul within the cup, yes." I walked over to the tank to inspect it closely. Even with my sharp eyes, it was small. Voldemort was the biggest idiot I could ever imagine by creating so many of the damn things. He must have thought that his soul would recover from the split, but that was the farthest from the truth. The soul is still linked to one another, even through a very thin connection. As such, the soul was stretched into smaller parts. When a Horcrux was destroyed, it destroyed that part of the soul, making the whole smaller. 