[ it isn't much of an answer because matthew knows he can't make this decision for faraday — and he doesn't expect the man to take any advice he might offer, either. ]

If it were me instead?

[ he laughs once, though there's no humor in it. ]

I wouldn't want her fixated on a ghost. It's hard for her to be a part of this life when she's stuck on somethin' removed from it all. Anything she had with me like this wouldn't be...whole for her.

[ he shakes his head, glancing towards the cemetery again. ]

We wouldn't grow old together. We'd never have children. She'd have to go through everything never acknowledging me around other folks or recognizing that she's still married.

[ he finally looks back at faraday. ]

But since it's not like that between the two of you, I imagine those'll never be concerns for you to entertain. Suppose you don't have much to lose just bein' here with her.