User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 588 - The Headless Star 7/@comment-24913480-20140709194611/@comment-1747976-20140710085528

I think that you have a point here. It was as if he was saying that the Spirit King was dead to him somehow. That the very palace itself is like a giant grave or gravestone to him and means nothing. It also seems like he knew Kirinji as he could rate his caliber and ability off-break. I wonder who the scream belonged to....