Her yelling draws Max’s attention to her as he quickly tilted on his heels with a soft apology escaping his lips. “I’m sorry,” he said lowering his head. “I’m lost and I need to find…”
“You don’t belong here.” she shook her head in disbelief. She sniff into the air and continued in a refined tone. “Staying here will burn your humanity. No mortal has ever survived the land of the dead.”
It’s quite obvious that the lady recognizes Max’s soul hasn’t left his body yet. This means that Max isn’t dead yet to be in the land of the dead.
However, Max is aware of this. He needed to hear something new, perhaps where he could find Jasmine.
“I know,” Max replied in a soft voice. “I didn’t ask to be here.”
His voice for the first time in the land of the dead came with deep sorrow that anyone who
