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The setting is a place that's threatening to tip over into the unnatural, an eerie and uncanny atmosphere present like something terrible you can't look away from. The juxtaposition of a tourist-like welcome and the death imagery that follows creates an unsettling contrast. Physical descriptions of "unearthed bones" and "a city thrumming" add to the disquieting tone, with things given agency that shouldn't have agency, like the city and dead children. Intentions and desires are ascribed to these inanimate and deceased entities, heightening the sense of unease and drawing you further into this disturbing world.