"True," Hanekoma conceded, "However, that murderer would not be who they are, were it not for the child they once were. There is always a continuity to our lives, and even if we are very little like who we once were, that person is still important to who we are now."

In truth, Hanekoma didn't consider death to be all that morbid of a topic. All it was truly was a transition into a new way of experiencing the world, giving all sorts of new opportunities to expand one's world.

Certainly the loss of old possibilities, and the departure from those you'd welcome into your world was sad, but that was why it was so important to live every day to the fullest, so that when you had to transition to a new stage of your existence you did it without regrets. After all, things always change, and you couldn't let the fear of that change paralyze you from experiencing life.

Hanekoma enjoyed hypotheticals as well, they were great for learned more about a person. As for Hanekoma's honesty, he never lied, he just never told the whole truth.