"I will pass on your message," Susan nodded. "And he said he would be more than willing to speak with you when you felt you were ready. Until then, feel free to explore his Realm. It has many places of interest. Some, Grandfather created for me when I was younger, some just... happened. I see that having been there once, you now have a tie, and will be able to find your way there on your own now. Family ties, I suppose you could call it."
"She smiled softly. "Even Grandfather, who has, with a few rare exceptions, always been Death, knows it is best to have some place, some tie, that helps link us to the ways of humanity. Without that link, Death is cold, impersonal. Death does not judge, but that does not mean Death does not care, should not care. To paraphrase something he once said to Azrael, 'What does the harvest deserve, if not the care of the Reaper?'