@Xzayer He's spirited away, not dead. presumably. though maybe it's like the Egyptian afterlife, where you're alive enough that the pharaohs figured they would be needing their condoms.
@SightWarden Japan’s rain contains a modified version of the common cold developed by the imperial japanese military for use against civilian populations during the second world war that was spread after firebombs destroyed a lab
A child this age sitting in such an unnatural fashion and not used to being comfortable is pretty telling. It's not uncommon for abusive parents to want their kids to just sit down and be quiet in a corner and not take up too much space.