[it just means he'll have to get working and work harder, then!]

Hm. I had not considered whether there was a certain quota, or even a limit to the number of people who could be here at any given time. Clearly, this little corner of afterlife is not the entirety of afterlife since, well, there ought to be billions of people. It only adds another layer of mystery to the whole thing.

[unless the spirits are also former human beings and...oh god he doesn't want to think that right now...]