So shall we reveal the answer now... it was a coffin.
Do not worry about being empty of riddles. I doubt you are, though; I bet they will come back to you again once in a while, when you've hopefully recovered.
Thanks for the kind replies, too, dearest Silence... <3 I really hope to meet you in the Forest once...
(I am still trying to get your "What is it that you take," riddle. |D I doubt I have no clue. Words? Love? Life?)