"David...?" Marie uses his real name. She notices his hands vanishing, she is not sure if John did so, but his reaction was much less active. The way he looked, almost as if he knew this was inevitable.

John put a hand over Marie. He turned to Solid.

"James is waiting for you."

In this world, and his own. If he did not return to him.

"... I'll tell him you said 'hi'."