(Who knows, though, maybe this skin will one day finally wither and fall upon the ground like autumn dry leaves.
When that happen, he will be at peace, for his exterior no longer mismatch his propriety; that he is, indeed, a corpse forced to breathe.)
In the midst of night, it so appears that the undead does unrest only when the sun already set. After all, the body might not decay, but the soul knows not to appear when the light of the day still shine itself on the skin of the one who should already be six feet under.
@deficitant (—no one knows the fact that this is his favorite book, for it was a secret he kept to himself, when he was alone on his bed with a candle lit beside him—)
"𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸?"
(—except for 𝘩𝘪𝘮.)
@deficitant "The book? Oh,"
(The book was a favorite of his. It was meant to be an anchor, to remind him of 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 before it was stolen from him—)
"it must have fell out my bag, silly me! Thank you for noticing. But, if I may, humor me for awhile and tell me,"
[...]