"Oh."
His eyes go vacant for a moment as he thinks about how best to describe it.

"With all the trees and plants going dormant for the winter, it's, um, it's an opportunity to think about. Our own lives. And how they won't be forever." He takes a pensive sip.
"And we honor the people we've lost, because they're always around, and... well you've seen what happens when their feelings are hurt."