Oichi's face lights up for a moment. "I hadn't expected anyone here to recognize it, given how...far out of my depth I seem to be in this place."

That aside, though, she gives Saturday's answer a moment of consideration. "I think that's a good way to look at it, that it's for the living. My first husband...I imagine he would've said something similar." Up to the end, Nagamasa had been less worried about his own fate than about making sure Oichi and their daughters would be looked after in his absence.