"Yes," he said, blinking surprise. He'd spent the longest looking at them with a lack of else to do. "They looked like blessings for the afterlife."

Someone important. Yes, he supposed that may well be true, if there had been a collection of others. Eleven cast a glance in the direction of their wayward ghost companions with a considering frown. Might it be..?

"Perhaps they weren't terribly effective.."