[It seemed slightly less offensive to use a singular term than to point to individual differences in species...]

Yes, though how this outcome would ultimately affect the remaining children, I can't even begin to guess... [For whatever reason, Oriko just can't conceive of a happy ending in her mind.] At the very least, returning to the dead to the land of the living can't be as easy as they claim.

[All of that checks out, though Oriko hasn't had the pleasure of meeting Tiffany yet, so that part, at least makes her look a little baffled. A what now? But her expression recovers quickly.]

You've noticed, too? I think all of us are a little further from "normal" than we might let on, even if we don't know it about ourselves yet.