A man develops a fusional relationship with a ball, When the ball is the only companion of the personified friend,
in this life nothing lasts forever
The ball then loses it... is he dead? Biologically, he was certainly never alive. But the character certainly bonded with him in a way that someone might bond with another person, or at least a pet,

Who is responsible? How does he continue to live afterward? will he continue or will he stop?