They were. But I think... it was because I was dead.
[he hesitates, there.]
He... burned me to ash, after he killed me. He told me before that he was an officer of a place called Ghost City, that... held all sorts of creatures of resentful energy. So I think that that's... why he chose me.
[wen ning is quiet, for another moment.]
When I arrived on the island, their... their ashes were still with me. I have them here, too, because- he kept them safe after he killed me. Returned them after I was brought back with the others.
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[he hesitates, there.]
He... burned me to ash, after he killed me. He told me before that he was an officer of a place called Ghost City, that... held all sorts of creatures of resentful energy. So I think that that's... why he chose me.
[wen ning is quiet, for another moment.]
When I arrived on the island, their... their ashes were still with me. I have them here, too, because- he kept them safe after he killed me. Returned them after I was brought back with the others.