[ For various reasons, Regis does visit the Wall semi-regularly, so the question catches his attention.

He hums, quietly, before turning to face the younger man. It is... interesting. Somehow fitting with the lack of experience in drinking tea, and coffee, which are not particularly strange or their own but fit in their own way with this question. ]

It certainly is not all that it means to be alive. But, yes, loss is part of being alive, as is joy, and curiosity, and the deep satisfaction of work well done, and the fear of what the next moment might bring...

Living feels like many, many things.