There was absolutely no way she could not take that hand. As she did, another laugh escaped her, clearly involuntarily.

"Of course... yeah, of course I would. Or... will? Maybe I was going to... but it doesn't matter now, does it?"

This didn't look like any afterlife she'd ever imagined, but then... what would she know about it? Glancing around, she wondered out loud the question that she was scared to ask directly.

"How do we tell if we're alive...?"