so when lightbulb was turned inanimate i feel like it was something like a coma. how you can hear everything but no matter how hard you try you cant do anything. she could see paintbrush crying and she was doing everything she could to tell them that she is still there but obviously it didnt work. paintbrush was there for a while and then left with baxter leaving lightbulb there because it hurt them too much to look back. now everyone is gone, living in a headspace of a large field much like where the game is held by themselves. theyre not dead in a way, but theres nothing to do other than to think and wait

same goes for bow and dough since theyre already dead but they get to suffer too thanks cobs👍