59. What are their views on death? Taz, Ellie, Jefferson, and Nat
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Pre-Adia, he didn’t think about it. He hadn’t really known anyone who had died, or at least hadn’t been close to them. It’s not something he thinks about as an immediate concern, and unlike certain other families, he doesn’t run into things like, say, murder too often. Post-Adia, death is very final to him; being immortal, he’s never had much need to ponder the great mysteries of the afterlife, so he doesn’t have much of a bright outlook about seeing lost loved ones again.
Ellie’s curious about death, in an analytic sort of way. She understands that it’s something that happens to mortals and could happen to her, just like it happened to her Great-Grandfather Maksim and her Aunt Adi, and is curious as to why that distinction exists -- and along with it, what happens afterwards, but being as analytic and science-oriented as she is, she hasn’t really given a lot of thought to a spiritual afterlife.
Jefferson has always been a little uneasy talking about death, as it isn’t something he’s had a lot of experience with. He knows that death is the reason why Dax was raised as his brother instead of his cousin, and that his mother will sometimes talk about his Great-Grandma Adia, but overall death is a pretty foreign concept to him, and one he’d rather not think about.
Nat is young and, like most teenage boys, perceives himself as invincible, and death is the farthest thing from his mind. As far as he’s concerned, he has a whole lifetime ahead of him -- and many more after that.