[He's not really used to being asked questions like this, admittedly, and even if the conversation has gone reasonably well so far his instinct is to blow her off and tell her to stop being annoying; she's...not, really, though. Being annoying, that is.

The last person who'd asked him things hadn't ended well, but he'll think about her later. Or not at all. Maybe.]

There's a problem if they show up knowing they're dead. It'd change how they act too much; we couldn't pass judgement on them. So we make them forget for a while.

[...]

That's why I was asking Arche if everyone here was alive or not. If they'd died, it'd be just like this. Showing up somewhere, no idea where they are or why they're here. Get it?