@shaashinâ :   â am i dead? â    (    đđđđđđđđ đđđđđđđđ    )
HOW WAS HE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THAT ONE?  the answer was as clear as day to someone who was still  with the living,  but it wasnât uncommon that someone  recently  deceased  (  or never came to  terms  with the fact of their death  )  wouldnât know whether they were in the spirit world or not. kinaki wasnât so sure that he should go  & inform the younger of that or let him figure it out for himself. Â
looking at him for a long moment,  he really didnât know what to decide on --- there was always the potential that the kid would  FREAK out when he was told that: yes, you are in fact dead. that was something that he did not anticipate being able to deal with.  of course,  he was  trained in grief counseling;  though that was for a  family  or a  loved one  in grieving, not for someone  trying  to come to terms with their OWN DEATH. Â
           â  what do you think ?  â   surely,  if this  child  was asking him if he was dead or alive . . . he had to have a semblance of  understanding  as to his current situation. Â