Well, the Ferryman probably isn't a mortal - so neither dead nor alive, not in the same ways as use.
[As he elaborates on the factors that influence his school's mortality rate, her expression grows sombre for a moment. The state of society... that reminds her of her talks with Makoto yet again. Hopefully, it isn't quite as bad in this boy's world - but even so, individual woes can weigh heavily enough on a child's heart. Overall, however, he does sound chipper enough!]
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It sounds like you enjoyed your afterlife back home.
[That's good, isn't it? Even now that he's been torn away from there, he seems to take it light-heartedly.]
That'd be a chaotic mash-up!
Well, the Ferryman probably isn't a mortal - so neither dead nor alive, not in the same ways as use.
[As he elaborates on the factors that influence his school's mortality rate, her expression grows sombre for a moment. The state of society... that reminds her of her talks with Makoto yet again. Hopefully, it isn't quite as bad in this boy's world - but even so, individual woes can weigh heavily enough on a child's heart. Overall, however, he does sound chipper enough!]
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It sounds like you enjoyed your afterlife back home.
[That's good, isn't it? Even now that he's been torn away from there, he seems to take it light-heartedly.]