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The hustle and bustle belong to the living, and have nothing to do with the dead, at least for Nuo at present. Although many matters related to him were still ongoing, they were no longer of any consequence to him.
Perhaps with the coming of the Third Era, some souls with strong obsessions from their lives could linger in the Mortal Realm after death, transforming into a different kind of life. But fundamentally, this was not a continuation of their lifespan.
Without the balance of a physical body, the characteristics of the spirit were manifested a thousandfold. Those souls that stayed due to extreme emotions were naturally influenced by said emotions, and before long, they could be considered a different entity with the same memories.