"So it is the same in that regard as well," he said, partially to himself. There were Mononoke where the human host had survived the exorcism, but that had always been dependent on the host already being alive and largely unchanged physically. When it came to the sad souls who had died or had their forms so violently twisted, an end was their only release.

He returned to directly addressing Inessa.

"There are many parallels that I cannot dismiss them out of hand either. In my world as well, spirits are individuals with their own vices and virtues."

He frowned, eyes narrowing ever so slightly.

"Which is why the differences are... concerning."