I know it's possible to visit people when you feel the pull of the ocean. [ Diarmuid did that. He came to visit her and Peter, asked her to look after his rabbit Queliot for him. ] But I suppose saying goodbye is never easy.

[ And well, for a man like John? Harder still, she thinks.

But she listens to Usagi, eyebrows raising slightly in curiosity. Much like how the dead never truly leave them, the ones who return to the ocean never do either. She considers it for a long moment before asking: ]

Is that what you do? You say goodbye like that to the ones you didn't get a chance to? [ And then, thoughtfully: ] Do you feel like it helps?