Meulin meets the darkness in her eyes with a helpless sort of shrug. She hadn't really thought of the false hope inherent in that phrase, but it definitely implied something different. Either way, it worked better than 'died' in a game that was nothing but death. It was the finality. The last death.

"I think that's what happens though. If you don't come back, you go home? Maybe? I guess it is euphemistic but I don't know a better way to put it."