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I think Ruth was touched on purpose. Susie wanted her to be he one who thinks about her the most, because she goes with racing and walks with him just thinking about her.

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I think that ruth becomes her connection because she was going to get closer to ray and thats were she wanted to be. personally I think that nothing happens on accident and she touched ruth with her "spiritualness" on purpose & conduit is defined as a pipe or tube that is meant to convey water over a distance.

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Because they are both loners and they are connected to each other. She touched her after she died. Conduit refers to a means of communicating to the spiritual world and Susie. They always had a connection to each other

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Susie passed through Ruth on her way to heaven on accident, so Ruth has a really weird close connection to Susie. A conduit is a channel through which something flows, and Ruth was the 'channel' through which Susie's soul flows through when she is reincarnated.

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Susie accidentally passes through Ruth on her way to heaven, and this creates a connection between them in heaven and on earth. I think she touches her by accident but the connection between them is a huge part of the plot in the novel. A conduit is a natural or artificial channel through which something is conveyed.

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Because when Susie was leaving Earth to go to heaven she touched her on her way. I think it was accidental that she touched her but ironic because Ruth was like going crazy about her. Conduit means  a natural channel through which something is conveyed.

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Ruth becomes Susie's main connection to Earth because as Susie was going to her heaven, she touched Ruth on the way up.
I think it was an accident that Susie touched Ruth, but in the end she was destined to touch Ruth and connect with her.
A conduit allows a person to connect or communicate with a spiritual realm, metaphysical energy, or spiritual entity, or vice versa.

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I think Ruth became susie's connection because Ruth had had such an obsession with her when Susie had first died. I don't think it was accidental that Susie touched Ruth because Ruth had always (kind of) had a connection to Susie I think it was intentional that Susie touched Ruth.
Conduit-A channel for conveying water or other fluid
-A person or organization that acts as a channel for the transmission of something
-A tube or trough for protecting electric wiring

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She touched her accidentally during her ascension to heaven. A conduit is someone connected to the spiritual world.

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Ruth becomes Susies main connection because she was touched by Susie as she was entering into heaven. Ever since then Ruth has been affected. She has beeen obsessed with susies murder. Trying to figure out who killed Susie. Ruth was chosen in my opinion. Maybe it was fate. Maybe it wasn’t. Conduct- the manner in which a person behaves, especially on a particular occasion or in a particular context. Or the action or manner of managing an activity or organization.