"...Surely not," he manages after a long moment of staring- after such a long time with his eyes widening in understanding, the revelation taking the wind out of him with more force than any creature ever has. "Surely..."

He should be happy should he not? If this is truly some twisted afterlife, then so many of them here are so young- he should be happy then, that his old friend of such a short but intense amount of time was able to grow so old. But instead...

Instead, this pain in his chest...

"Can it truly be you, Speedwagon..?"