Talk:Jake/@comment-5711412-20170212081436

the shadows thing seems to be happening to all the shadows in the scene, like they're leaning a few inches away from Jake, Rachel, and/or Ashurbanipal.

there's no solid theories on this though, but things to note:

The Sumerians hide in shadows. the Sumerians look like people who rejected Reaper ideology and left, starting a anti-group to pursue their own goals. they might be making sure they don't touch the three of them.

The Head Librarian stated in the 3rd episode that "Darkness is the only Purity Left". while that was purely in a dialogue about untouched nature, the show likes to hide solutions to questions we haven't asked in earlier episodes. This might be telling us that the three of them are Tainted, and we all know what happens to The Tainted.