That's good enough reason. This festival is all about thinking of others, but also of ourselves, isn't it?

[Back home, remembrance traditions serve the living moreso than the dead, he believes, but even in worlds where the dead verifiably do linger, the rituals are still a balm for the souls of those who stay behind as they move on to the next life.]

We're lucky, you and I. We don't have all that many lanterns to send, and we can send them with light hearts.