Although the 'Spine Forest' seemed desolate and forlorn, Bartlett found it more lively than he had imagined while being in it.
If the other areas of the 'Eternal Body' were akin to a graveyard where only the cawing of crows and the howling of the night wind could be heard, then the 'Spine Forest' was like a graveyard with a bard playing music on a seven-stringed instrument, atop the foundation of the crows and night wind.
The mummy who hadn't revealed its name said that if undead creatures are conscious, what they fear most is not the extinguishment of their Spirit Fire and the ensuing total annihilation, but the monotony and loneliness of having nothing to do under the near-eternal time.
Eternal time became a curse, leaving them deeply mired in it with no escape. "Toys" left abandoned in corners can only wait for their fate of being covered in cobwebs and dust, without any right to liberate themselves.
