How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
[Milton] learned to steer the flying car. (4.6.95)
Milton's bizarre Chitty Chitty Bang Bang-esque flight over Detroit cannot be real, can it? We think it's a hallucination, one of those near-death things. Or maybe Cadillacs used to be a heck of a lot more exciting than they are today.
Quote #8
[Milton] was crying not because he was about to die but because I, Calliope, was still gone, because he had failed to save me, because he had done everything he could to get me back and still I was missing. (4.6.96)
Although Cal says this has nothing to do with dying, the fact is that if Milton hadn't died, he'd still have a chance at getting Cal back. Death is kind of final in that way.