And when we take our suits off, we almost immediately begin to decay and die, as though whatever loop the animals are stuck in takes hold of us, but faster and likely with more finality - though I'm not about to strip down and test it out.

[ For Lily it is fascinating, but it's also ghoulish at the same time. It's something to puzzle over that doesn't involve the political machinations of Taravast, which makes her feel far more confident in trying to delve in and break it down. ]

It's got to have something to do with what happened to Ellethia when the undead conquered it.