Darnell: No, it wasn't. You're right, Connor. Again, there is energy in sentience too - bio-electric energy in the body, neural electricity in the brain, thought energy, awareness energy, emmotional energy . . . what happens to all that energy when the body dies? Remember, energy doesn't just cease to exist, it changes. Changes into what? Not every time, obviously - the world would be overrun otherwise - but at least sometimes, those energies stay cohesive, it seems. Jaden died very slowly, probably running out of air and suffocated. He was painfully aware the whole time. He'd have been absolutely terrified. That level of emotion, of energy, for a prolonged time - not a flash but sustained over several minutes - would leave a mark. Jaden died knowing his family was right outside and they'd never know he was there. That emotion, that thought, locked his whole energies to the house, simply wanting to be found. Then at long last, he was. He knew his family would be told, they'd know the truth after all this time. He could finally find peace and go wherever it is that spirits normally go.