He is definitely dead. And while she likes to believe he can see her from whatever beyond exists, it's still not the same as him being there.

"It is," she agrees. "So, I do want to get back into music here for him." For her, too, but that's harder to articulate. Of course, it's for her! Still, it's easy to think as well that if it's only for her then it doesn't really matter. If someone else is counting on her though? It can be the nudge she needs.