"Ah. Right. In name only. Annoying thing that," Alec admitted. Not something he ever had much of a problem with. He waggles his fingers in annoyance. "If they're yours in name, how could they not be yours? Even if you never claimed them, if someone says they're yours, they're yours, right? Otherwise they're stuck in some sort of limbo."

Maybe Zack has some responsibility to those souls? He should find out their status if only because of that. If he has control over them, then he can decide their fate, good or bad.

"She wouldn't let anything bad happen to them. Freeing them would send them on to somewhere good. At least if we put something together." We being, Zack, Alec and the Bar.