Though the dead usually do not collect on the insurance.

[He points out with a laugh of his own, there's still a little fragility to it, but it's not as brittle as before, as he takes a stick, stirring some of the wood debris to stoke the fire]

I've been there once, near the end of the Meiji era - something about him filling a promise he made centuries ago.

[His eyes flicked towards the flames]

Not much time for myself then.