"That's got to get awfully hard, though." Bertie's brows furrow. "Have you ever had to see somepony off who seemed far too young to go? Kids and the like? Or parents who have still got kids?"

He's not really trying to be morbid, but he is curious, thinking of his own parents and what their journey off to the Racetrack in the Sky might have been like. He hopes they would have had a nice angel like Hayate.