[In one respect, he feels like the strong protector he's been in the past-- and at the same time, he feels like he's being held through his own grief. It always feels like it's been too long since he properly died, since he even remembered what death truly was, for him to be hung up on it. And yet... it can always linger. Everything lingers.]

We can. And I believe we will. But remember that is not your only purpose in life. Your lineage, parentage, history may be gifts to you of the past, but that does not make them your entire future. Your life is your own. It does not need to be in constant service for you to have done good.