>>96439714The theme is that he was the one who was lost. It's the same theme as with most everyone in the show. They think their problems are something else, something external, but the problem is in their mind and once they learn the truth or realize it they are free from the purgatory the unknown had them trapped in.
Auntie Whispers could have forced the spirit away but at the cost or being forever lonely, or so she believe, so that option hadn't occurred to her at all and they were both trapped in a cycle as a result.
Enticott was too afraid to face his fears so he wandered the halls slowly driving himself mad because he was afraid of what might have been true, but it was all in his head.
Everyone at the school kept their problems inside and then let their frustrations and worries out on those around them. They saw everything was hopeless but there were plenty of solutions, they just needed to look outside themselves for answers.
Beatrice believed she needed to do things on her own, it was her fault and her responsibility, so she would do whatever it took. What she needed was help, and to ask others for help and to help them in return.
They were all afraid of the unknown, get it? They were afraid of what could happen so they ran, kept to themselves, hid, worried, and made things worse for themselves and those around them, all out of that fear.
The woodsman was lied to and feared losing his daughter, so he kept chasing her ghost for years, afraid of losing what little of her he had, but the truth was she was never lost. Just like everyone else, he was lost in the unknown, afraid, without direction, wandering in fear.
Until someone came and tripped him up and knocked him out of it. And all the spooky things are in reality not as spooky as they were.
