Nichols asks interesting questions.  At the pool while having a snack he asked, "What happens if you die way far away from where you are buried and no one will bring you there?"  Now I should have asked him what made him think of that question. 

Or while riding a ferris wheel he asked, "How high can you go before you die?"  I said, "Well it depends on what you fall on." He said, "No, I mean, how high can you go up without coming down before you die?"  

Maybe he just has a preoccupation with death.