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I like to think that the heart compelled FP to eat it, instead of just getting possessed by touch.
The heart was the ib, Hakoteps willpower, and really what the rest of Golarion would conflate as a soul. The mask has the ka, or the vital spark that bridges the gap between his body (ba) and his will (ib).
That's why FP is basically insane, as Serethets will is constantly fighting or merging or switching with Hakoteps will. The mask, instead, let's you give some of your soul (lol sucks for Nebta Kufre) to extend that ka spark to a bunch of bas hanging around the necropolis.
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A little late to theparty, but the Ib is the seat of thought, memory, the persona, the will. The Ka is just the animating lifeforce. It makes sense that the mask, which hosts the Ka, would be indiscriminate but inert until activated, because it lacks that guiding will until someone else imposes their own, while the Ib would be consciously possessing its host but only have their power to work with.