[ this is heading into complicated territory. ]

Sort of? [ it's reflexive to want to say they're not people, but-- it's not quite right, either. ] I mean, that's the gist of it. We... They're beings that exist outside the boundaries of light or darkness. Most of them don't even retain their original forms. All they have are memories.

[ wow! it turn out! he is extremely affected even when trying to talk about it clinically! who could have foreseen this. he rubs the back of his neck ]

It's hard to explain.