[He responds to that moment of honesty instantly, smoothly transitioning from his scolding back to his earlier sympathy.] I'm very sorry to hear that, my dear, [he says genuinely.] Death is always awful for the living.

But you did say that they're ghosts. There's nothing to say they didn't get their own second chance, or, or a version of it. The afterlife is complex. I couldn't say why you're here and they aren't.