But why? Why do we have to do all this stuff? couldn't we just go to Heaven, Hell, or wherever we're supposed to go without all this mess? If we're meant to lose ourselves, couldn't we just reincarnate as a blank slate or something?

[he's young and frustrated by the situation and it does get through his tone of voice.]

What even IS the River? No actually no, my important question here is: can we give memories we're making here as well? Because we are building new ones as we go on.