This is the "shinshoku" (infection)—a state of being that is neither alive nor fully deceased. That limbo is the island.
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The island welcomed her with a perfumed, cloying wind. The beach wasn't sand but finely ground bone, pearly and warm. Palm trees leaned at unnatural angles, their fronds dripping a sticky, honey-like sap. No birds sang. No insects buzzed. Only the soft, wet sound of something breathing beneath the soil.