"You were trying to… what?" Glint asked, taken aback.

"Well…" Melii started, then paused. She looked hesitantly at her peers. "We were talking about how many people fell during the war, and, uh, we just wanted to try to speak to them."

Glint noted the cautiousness in her voice. He floated higher to be level with their faces and saw how they all looked away from him, as if ashamed. Or… was it something more?

"We don't care about stupid pranks," Rhea explained quietly. "We had heard that this time of year was the best to try something like this…"

"The Hall Between," Glint muttered. They nodded.

Realization dawned on Glint.

They'd lost people to the Witness, and they were looking for solace. For answers. They wanted to feel close to their loved ones again after having had them taken away so suddenly and without warning. Glint could understand that.