"What does that mean? He died... and what died? Did my appreciation for Agor fade? Did my feelings towards him and the companion disappear? Did the memory of his ideas vanish? Did his work come to an end? Did the feelings I once had wane? Was the image I drew of him—the brave and honorable man—erased from my mind? Did all of that die?"

He explains that death doesn't truly erase a person. While their physical presence is gone, their words, ideas, and memories remain alive forever in our hearts. We often underestimate that the essence of someone endures past their mortal life, through the impact they've left behind, like the enduring influence of their deeds and ideas."