[Nobody's gonna believe this when she gets back to Union. Holy Magikarp, the illusion is more than enough motivation to get Maka back to her feet and paying attention to the surroundings.]

...Despair and tragedy draws the spirits, I don't know about the Gengar and Chandelure, but I'm thinking the Honedge were...

[Participants, probably, she doesn't need to finish her statement to get that message across. Honedge are the spirits of the deceased possessing a weapon, from there they drain the life of those that try to wield them.]