[He not only never asked people if she died, he went out of his way to dodge it once he found out that people had never heard of her... go him. He just asked people if she was okay and happy and stuff sometimes if he knew they knew her.

Yeah...

He ignored the dragon that curled around him, finally looking back to Kushina.]

And if she saw it and just pretends that she didn't, how would I even know Kushina-nee? I wouldn't. She's a good shinobi you know, she knows how to hide things when she wants to. [His lips pressed together to hold back a wobbly start of tears.]

And she might remember. People do. Even people who died do sometimes. I have someone I talk to like that, died, left and came back, still dead.