Title Nights - the spirits of the dead

One of the things that runs through the whole story is a preoccupation with the spirits of the dead.  In particular, one man's spirit. The dead man's face is in leaves and stones and his spirit seems to appear as a bird.

Maybe I didn't include this in the original list because a) writing about the spirit was unintentional, b) it was not planned as part of the story (although it is an important part) and c) there are no answers.

I don't know.

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