"Yes, I can," he responds, despite the fact that he's cautious and tired. Yes, this is something that absolutely should be done and as the person who was out with him when he died, he feels entirely responsible.

"He won't be back for a few days. I'll get it done before then." And he'll go alone. Quieter that way. Well - alone except possibly for Mary. Is it riskier to bring her or to leave her? He has time to decide.

"I... Sorry if this is a strange question," he says, because he just has to know. "Why 'they'? I've never heard that, for a person."