“Those are the most important things.” For once, Gabe even seems painfully sincere as he says it, almost wistful. Whatever weird world involves people with cat ears, it’s clear that some things stay the same. Sometimes people are forgotten. Even when no one deserves to be.

“He should be happy,” Gabe adds, as though it’s normal to anthropomorphize the concept of a deceased family member, “that someone still remembers him. My kid sister just wants to forget.”