It does look that way! And I suppose it wouldn't be much of an oasis, with a backdrop of ghostly wailing. [Or however it is that these supposed screams sound, but he's going to stick with ghost stereotypes for the sake of something easy to wrap his skull around, for the time being.

He finally takes that final step outside of the oddly emotional light's range, and shudders a brief rattling sound with the motion.] Ugh. I almost can't believe how completely accurate that was. The light feels... safer. Even though there's basically no difference in how light it is over here.