Of course they do. People do die -- but, I'm not talking about natural death!

[ It's making him ill, this escalating pattern. The music-man is an elegant thing, a pretty instrument like the ones Jirou talks about. Woodwork and wound string, capable of producing sounds that resonate in the chest and belly, rather than the ear. ( Give him a cello, an electric guitar, the beat of a drum -- ) ]

I'm talking about sudden, violent death. And these kids are just as likely to face that!