[ "not wanting to talk about it": the charles rowland special. he's spent most of his afterlife not talking about things like his death, or his dad, or other things he didn't want to think about when alive and so isn't thinking about when he's dead — and all things considered? it's worked out pretty well for him, his complete breakdown after the devlin house murders notwithstanding.

so why stop when it's going, you know, relatively well?

instead, he huffs a laugh and says, ] Well, betting your middle school had a pretty different curriculum from my middle school.

[ he reaches out to poke at the projector. ] But you're right, can't be that hard, can it? So you've got all you need for the big day, then? It's a nice thing to do, [ he adds, with a softer smile, ] Gives everyone something else to do and think of.