[Need has withdrawn her hand so she can clasp both behind her back, as best she can with shoulders that protest the motion. She studies the boy, taking in his face, his body language.]

Hmm. No, I believe you. These aren't normal circumstances. I imagine the typical rules for what is and isn't possible have been suspended, or are malleable. Have others died and returned? Were you so unfortunate so as to discover this, yourself?

[She is dead herself, and has been for a long time, but sees no reason to tell this to an overwrought child at the moment. There's... oh, how annoying, the sense of things she can't consciously recall is very strong.]