"It does. Which is why I'm sure that when he passes, when Blank is gone, that my unfinished business will be done." Though her parents hadn't seemed to care. They didn't even go to the marshal when she hadn't been by to visit in a long while. "And it will be time for me to move on. At least I hope. Truth is I don't know. I won't know until it happens." She could just become one of the spectres that haunted the place, like the poor people on wheel five.
"But, you don't think about the sad things until the sad things happen. You grasp onto the things that make you happy, and, " Scarlet glanced back at the sleeping boy. "Soak up every single day you have with them. I made a vow to do that when I got pregnant. To myself, Blank and Nero." A promise not to become a shade.