"Alive?" He said with a snicker.  He couldnt help it.  The morbidity of the moment was so intense he was able to find humor in it.  He found that to be very sad, but not surprising. He breathed in deeply and then let it out, "as soon as i go past these steps my life with you officially begins..." He said absent mindedly, biting his lip.  It was a huge deal, and his life would never be the same.  A wise man once told him, that death smiles upon all men, and all a man can do is smile back.  With that thought in mind, he smiled and nodded, "So lets go, i want to see what its like inside."