[Certainly better than Tim the ghost baby, or whatever his real name was. There's no sense in thinking of the way things might have been, for all of them--because it never would have happened--but in some perfect world, Annie would at least have been like some kind of ghost-aunt to Eve. No better person to look after her--and no one who could've deserved her more.
He lifts her hand a bit when she adds that last part, giving it a little shake in case she's going to sink into any sort of depression of her own.]
Most people don't get that chance, y'know. And still fewer ghosts get that chance again. Dyin' for someone you love after you've already died--that's about the best you can get. It's good, that you had her--and that she had you.
And you saved the world on top of that, which means you've got quite a bit of karmic good coming your way.
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He lifts her hand a bit when she adds that last part, giving it a little shake in case she's going to sink into any sort of depression of her own.]
Most people don't get that chance, y'know. And still fewer ghosts get that chance again. Dyin' for someone you love after you've already died--that's about the best you can get. It's good, that you had her--and that she had you.
And you saved the world on top of that, which means you've got quite a bit of karmic good coming your way.