His smile slips. Guess they couldn't keep hopeful forever.

"Sira. And Imelda was helping me," He says. She's not anymore, of course. "There's only so much anyone can do, Tobias. Necromancy isn't simple to begin with. It's complicated and messy and there are good reasons that in a world of crazy magic, people don't really trust it. But I'm already undead. Blighted. Necromancy isn't designed to be used on people still here. I'm having to figure this out as I go and what it means for me. Some of the ways that people might help won't necessarily work on me. And a lot of people just don't know this in general. No one's telling me to die. They're just... not sure."

They're still his friends though.