[ by some miracle, that does, in fact, make sense to Johnny. After all, he has a spirit with him that was once a separate being, but is now part of him -- it's reasonable to assume that those things might have some place they come from and return to, even if only on other worlds. He nods in understanding. ]

It sounds closer than anything I can think of.

[ despite Anders' insistence that it's not important, it seems like it might be a little important. ]

I mean... we can all talk to each other with the "Communion" thing, right? So maybe there's some other level our spirits exist on, like the Fade? They can talk to each other there, even if we're nowhere near each other in the real world.