"No," Half a lie, written in the cagey remove he's worn since the night prior. "But all these were people. Folks others loved, gave a damn for."

Respected, if by negotiable degree. Can't everyone afford Mortalitasi care. Couldn't most end up here. The divide between renanimated corpse, and honoured dead, has been thin longer than the Capital's attack.

"You had someone like that?"