Even dead, though, he couldn't leave her alone. And she couldn't let him go.

Who wasn't part of whose life again?

"Not really," she agreed. "All those big numbers and stuff that mattered, well, they don't seem to matter no more."

It was pretty sad, really, but Ino was better than she'd been, back when it had been new pain.

"Still here, though," she said. "Pretty surprised."

By her living or by his staying around? How about both? It would have been easier if she hadn't had both.