"Oh." What does he say to that? He'd be sorry for the loss, except it's not a loss here, is it? "That's... unfortunate. At least he got to be an adult."

Rosinante doesn't even seem all that put off by it. Maybe it's not a big deal where they're from. Maybe this afterlife is better than the kid's actual life. Well, "kid". Most everyone's a kid from Gregor's perspective.

"I'm curious," when isn't he? "Was he the kind of person you expected?" He's aware it's kind of a sudden, deep question, but it came to his mind now, so now is when he's asking it. "He was rather young when you last saw him, if I remember correctly."