Aftermath

The Ghost spoke in dulcet tones.

All at once, it was soothing, even in its muted rage. 

Death is overrated, so the Ghost thought, and so the in-between-ness of this state, just a smidgen away from crossing over, was what it preferred.

The problem with the end isn't that it's ending, it's how much one remembers how it began. And so the Ghost changed form, back again to the beginning. And only then did it cross over. Only then did it fade.

It promised to return with a more accurate rating of Death. Thus, did they part.