I don't remember him holding the knife when it hit.

[There's a careless note in the umbrella's voice now, a verbal shrug.

There are more important things to worry about, as long as other things stay banter.]

You won't exactly need to do a soul transfer. Tsukumogami are already attached to objects like these. [a quick twirl for everyone-thing else attending] Which means that giving them bodies is more like a summoning ritual than anything else.

... I'm less sure about the older ghosts. What exactly are they?