Japanese? [Of course she'd notice that, she doesn't know too much about it given that whole side of the family is... scarce, but it's not too hard to pick out names here and there.

But she's laughing, just a small bitter noise before she's turning her attention to the ceiling.]

It's not pessimistic when you really don't know. Kind of the whole deal when some jackass you were trying to stop is accelerating time to kill off everyone and restart the world. If you die, then do you still exist outside of time or do you even get a chance if no one remotely remembers you exist?

[That's a little vague, but she doesn't seem to be keen on saying too much more detail on it unless pressed.]

Not when I was dying, already was dead. Went out fighting at least, all I could ask for.