carl was dead. He was gone. You knew this and couldn’t accept it. However you had an easy way to get through it all: his ghost

carl had come back as a ghost solely for you, you liked to think. He let you think that as it made you happy. Like usual, you was sitting in your room after a supply run, waiting to see if Carl would visit you today

“I think Judith can see me. She just cried when I came into her room” he said with amusement and a hint of sadness as he floated through your wall