For what it's worth, I haven't seen any evidence of any other kind of literal afterlife.

[Is he ruling it out entirely? No. But would he put money on it existing? Absolutely not.

It's dust to dust, as far as he's concerned. In many ways, he's more comfortable with that - the idea that you only have one life, and it's yours to run or ruin.]

Those who manage to reach the end of the Game without being the 'winners' can also choose to play again, or to join the ranks of the Game's overseers and support staff, the Reapers. The latter is what I chose, in the end.