The user is connected, bonded, associated, and/or linked with their spirit animal. They can empathize, communicate, and harmonize with their spirit animal, understand it without communication, mimic its abilities, have a personality that reflects its nature, and summon it as a guardian for a variety of reasons. The user is, by nature, aware of what species their spirit animal is, and specimens of the spirit animal's species may go as far as to view and treat the user as part of their own group.