"Luo Binghe..." How had he and Shen Yuan never gotten around to talking about funerary arrangements? They'd talked about how weird it was for Magnus to break in to see his own visitation before it opened, for... some reason; he can't remember why, now. Shen Yuan had been in Ragnelle's body at the time, so maybe that was why? And Magnus had been... thinking about bodies? And Shen Yuan had said something about basically being a ghost possessing someone else's body, right? But they hadn't talked about what they wanted to have done if they died again, because it hadn't been necessary, because they weren't going to die again. Magnus doesn't know what Shen Yuan wants for his funeral. Shen Yuan isn't supposed to be dead.

Shen Yuan was a ghost piloting someone else's body. What if his ghost is still around somewhere? He can't be dead. He just can't. He's not supposed to die. No one is supposed to die.

Magnus's eyes fly open. He has to talk to Hanguang-jun. He can't say anything to Luo Binghe, because what if he's wrong? False hopes are the worst. (What if Shen Yuan is actually dead?) (He can't be.) (But he is...) Magnus still remembers the few minutes where he thought his mom might be in Valhalla, too. He can't do that to Luo Binghe. Or should he? He widens his eyes at Nina, trying to communicate his thoughts, his questions, without saying them out loud.