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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Only In Death'', Rawne addresses {{spoiler|Gaunt's sword, which was recovered}}, telling him he's angry about being stuck with this.
* In [[James Swallow]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] [[Horus Heresy]] novel ''The Flight of the Eisenstein'', Garro finds his armor, carefully readied for him by his now-dead [[Old Retainer|housecarl]] Kaleb. Garro addresses the air, telling Kaleb that he was an honor to the Legion.
* In [[James Swallow]]'s [[Warhammer 4000040,000]] ''[[Blood Angels|Deus Encarmine]]'', Rafen, deeply troubled by Koris's dying words, goes to see the corpse and implores him to show him the path, one last time. {{spoiler|[[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|Koris's not-yet-deactivated vox, which has command codes, falls to his hand]], and [[Epic Hail|he uses it to get out word]].}}
** Later, when Sachiel hears that Rafen was caught in an exploding factory ([[No One Could Survive That]]), he gloats, actually saying, "Rafen, you are dead."
* In Brian Jacques's ''[[Redwall]]'', Matthias addresses a tapestry showing Martin the Warrior about his weakness. When Cornflower appears to reassure him and say that his tears are not [[Water Works]], he [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|interprets this as message from Martin]].
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* In one ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' comic, it appears that Haley is talking to Roy's ghost. Roy realizes by the end of the conversation that Haley doesn't know that he's there and she's talking to his corpse.
** Elan over Therkla's grave.
* In ''[[Something *Positive]]'', Davan occasionally chats with Scotty's grave, Branwen and a few others went to visit her father, and several people spoke to Faye at her funeral.
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=128 Antimony apologizes to the dead mechanical bird before snipping it open to verify that it was, indeed, mechanical. Then she thanks it.]
* Thomil of ''[[Juathuur]]'' frequently speaks to his dead girlfriend, Neilli. {{spoiler|Who isn't even dead.}}
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