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[It was almost a relief, to hear about so many people going home recently, even as more were due to arrive.

It was too sad to mention, knowing that one of those people was Professor Nebilim. That she wasn't really returning to anything. Just to the completion of a sad tale of a boy who thought he should be able to do everything.

And now Nephry is lonely. She has been, off and on, for a while; she feels it especially strongly today. At first she tried cleaning the kitchen but now she's sitting there, chin against her hands, staring at the table. With almost half of the house away or out of commission...things are quiet.

In the silence, she turns to her journal for a while.]

What do you believe happens...when you die?

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[There isn't a whole lot of medical necessity, despite the relatively low population of seventh fonists - a lot of them end up in the armies or working in the hospitals.]

Have you ever lost someone important to you? If I may ask.

Yes.

And it did not affect you emotionally?

As I wrote earlier-- sometimes, people mourn.

I see. ...My apologies for prying.

Lives of people not dead go on, are affected by the death in their own ways. But for the one who died, that doesn't matter. They are dead-- a corpse in the ground or ashes, either scattered or kept in an urn.

And if or when that person comes to life again, here in front of you?

As I said, here, there may be more advanced technology than what I am used to. It seems [he has proof of this much, at least] that the residents may be drawn from different points in their lives.

It is not difficult to imagine, then, that one person might come several years after, say, a brother's death while that brother is brought from minutes after he died and can, thus, be successfully revived by the technology the Malnosso possess. Even injuries that would require reconstruction might, depending on what they have, be negligible.

Oh, yes, I already know all of those things. My question was more along the lines of what one might do, in that situation.

"Make up for lost time" is the sentimental answer, if it were someone regarded fondly.

A more rational answer might be to see if they know how the Malnosso achieved it.