"It's not a matter of belief. In my time, I've known more dead people than live ones. I've spoken with them, fought with them, even taken very physical harm from them. Others here have had similar experiences." Subaru thought now of Miku's priestesses, and the fact that she'd borne cursed tattoos just a few days ago, tattoos inflicted by a spirit wandering these halls. "And what, then, do you call that thing we ran into two nights ago? It had no physical form. It wasn't a human spirit, no, but it was very much bodiless."