Things in decay hold their form, their qualia, while their matter decays. A stump or a fallen tree, for instance, maintains its qualiadelic patterns while the wood itself succumbs to organisms and weather. Qualia holds on as long as it can, as does the matter. In every case, as matter finally disappears altogether, so too does the qualia, both retreating back to the ecosystem from which they came.
2024-12-07