[Pain intermingled with happiness is the norm, now. Maelle smiles and puts her hand atop his. The last thing she wants is for Verso to feel alone. He and Gustave have a lot in common, even beyond her. Surely Verso can find a brother in him.]

I'm grateful I do. We're... in some sort of different world, and we're together. Maybe this is the afterlife. I don't know.

[But it doesn't matter, and she shakes her head. Gustave and Verso here both poke some holes in the afterlife theory, but she vividly remembers petals and ash.]

Whatever it is... it's not bad.