How did Carlo die? (Lies of P + Overture Theory & Lore)

One of the biggest sparks for the events of Lies of P, is the death of Giuseppe Geppetto’s son, Carlo. It is essentially the entire reason for the Father of Puppet’s descent into madness as almost every terrible thing he does from the events of Lies of P Overture on is done with singular purpose of bringing his son back to life. Of course, in true souls like fashion, it’s an event we never see, nor do we get too many specific details on and the ones we do seemingly contradict each other, at least on the surface. With it being such an important event in the game’s story, I’d like to talk about it a bit and hopefully detangle the details and create a clearer picture of what happened to Carlo. 00:00 Spoiler warning 00:03 Geppetto's son died from the Petrification disease ( Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/4f8q4g...) 01:29 "I'm sorry, I was too late..." (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/13W2FE...) 04:17 Carlo and the Ruins Secret Gathering (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/0KX3FV...) 07:07 The Cover-up (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/34mKor...) 09:02 (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/2OL8Xz...) 10:00 Environmental clues of the Ruins (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/4mbda5...) 11:57 Environmental Clues Under the Abyss (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/5mtn7y...) 15:05 (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/5S9YiH...) 17:16 What happened? (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZmDLM...) 18:57 Why Carlo? (Motive) (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/5m1M2x...) 19:24 M.O. One (Listeners) 21:04 M.O. Two (Lea) 22:51 M.O. Three (Carlo was the problem) (Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/66xYpg...) Sources: Neowiz Games. The Art of Lies of P. Dark Horse Books, 2024, p. 204. Hades. Supergiant Games, 2020. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeti... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_abov... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti... I've got a Google doc with all the Load screen text, all puppet boss dialogue, and a few other things for reference: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C...