The Crystal Skeleton said slowly, [You will gradually remember... our mission... the mission... we were created to carry out.]
The Crystal Skeleton spoke vaguely, but at least wasn't speaking in riddles, and Lin Yi seemed to catch certain key words. "Was I created too?"
The Crystal Skeleton shook its head slightly. [We were. You were not... your reincarnation... is different from ours...]
"What exactly are you now? What... exactly do you count as?" Lin Yi asked.
The Crystal Skeleton fell silent for a while, sparks flickering in its eyes. [We are the Lost Souls who keep watch through the night, believers in the Black Sun, the most loyal attendants of the First Apostles...]
[From the moment we were created, until we died, until the flesh on our corpses was devoured by the Night-Walking Species and our marrow sucked dry... we remained here, fighting the undying Wraiths and Ashes in the Black Tide. Even with nothing but skeletons left, we continued to carry out the will of the First Apostles...]
[We are the Embers of the Black Sun that drifted into the deep sea...]
[We are... the Mourners.]
"The Mourners...?!" Lin Yi blurted out in horror. "Was that Admonition referring specifically to you?"
[No... 'When the Black Moon Withers, the Mourners return from the Endless Deep Sea' does not mean that.] The Mourner's voice sounded slowly. [Once you have mastered the complete Soul-Summoning Song, you will understand its meaning...]
"The Soul-Summoning Song? What's that? Wait, I think... I heard the Night Watchman mention it!" Lin Yi said. "No, not the Night Watchman! It was the notes from Amon's Music Box. The Night Watchman said that what the music box played was the Soul-Summoning Song."
[Lord Amon...] An unusual fluctuation flickered in the Mourner's eye sockets. [He was right... they were all