"It does, doesn't it?" He looks out over the graveyard, where most are gathered. "Grief and mourning can be such a tricky thing to express, nevermind appropriately. It's a wonderful thing to give people the excuse, and to do it together." And turning to look over the potter's field: "And I'm sure it makes the departed here very happy to be remembered."

He pauses for a moment. A sigh rises as steam into the air. "Did you have any plans for Christmas, doctor?"