I'd like to think about it being something like that too.

[Sometimes, anyway.

Tatara looks up, smiling still but something soft and...sad? in his eyes.] We've known that for a while. That doesn't mean we can just stop following him for as long as we can.

You've—We've... The others will still need to be looked after. [They can't follow after his Sword falls, if Tatara is even alive still.

...maybe wishes are something like ghosts.]