A dark question indeed!

...That the tapirs seem rather nonchalant about as they just circle around.

"Oooh death."

"The reaper dude isn't in this place right?"

"Well there's that reaper but not the one you're talking about."

"Yeah yeah that's the other place."

"But there probably is one somewhere!"

"To answer the question though...for you dreamers, nothing really bad happens!"

"Yeah, cos it's just a dream self, not a real self."

"Half a dream, half real!"

"It's why you can still feel pain and all that, but you're still just fragments of your original self."

"So if you were to kick the bucket here, nothing would happen to your original self and you wouldn't lose connection either...probably."

"Has anyone ever died yet..."

"Probably??? You guys have been here for a year..."

"A lot of close calls, though..."

"Wait, so what would happen if they die?"

"Do they turn into ghosts?"

"Uuuh probably? They're mostly made of dreamotion..."

"Yeah, like, the ones who really live here and the animals—if they die they die die like UUGGGHHH splat."

"No coming back for them."

"Nope, cos that's their only body!"

"Well if a person dies in dreams, they don't really die, either, and just kind of...come back to life."

"So probably the same thing?"

"Yeah. We don't know the specifics, but you'll be able to come back."

"Unless the shock or something is enough to break off the dreamotion tether..."

"Would not advise dying, anyway, would still suck."

"Yeah definitely."

"There could also be a risk of becoming a noctaere..."

"Oooh yeah cos of all those bad vibes and negative feelings!"

"So if you do end up staying in the world, like, permanently, that's something you'd have to think about."

They all nod their heads solemnly. TIFA, DO YOU:

> consider the philosophical discussion of life and death
> press for more
> ask a different question