Busy. Sora has been exceptionally busy. It also says something about the size of their population that he only recognizes a few names from the bunch, and he's not acquainted with any of them.

"Is the machine another spirit?"

That's all there is here, as far as he can tell. Them, the spirits, and objects of an eerie nature like the doll sitting outside of the cabin into which he's been invited. After the scolding from that little girl, he finds himself questioning that which he ordinarily wouldn't.