The shadow is missing the paper bird deliberately hence hallucinations. (He wants to be set free)
This piece is actually inspired by this book I read as a child that honestly scared me sm. All I know it was a blind collab btwn artists and writers but I can't find it again ;-;
For this piece I wanted to once again depict gojo trapped in his gay babey box with a deteriorating mind and memories (he's watching a warped mix of Getou and himself)
Also I came across the album Everywhere at the End of Time while working on this and ;-;