... It isn't a matter of personality qualities. I do not think you understand what you are talking about.

[ He lets out one of his typical, overly-gloomy sighs. ]

You are one of those "glass half full" sorts, Alice. You would likely never understand. ... But let me pose you a theoretical game a certain irritating Cat likes to play: If faced with a terrible decision, a decision of "change or perish", which would you pick?

Would you not desire to persist? Have you not looked death in its face and laughed? ... Or perhaps sighed, on many occasions. While you may be accustomed to being brought back due to circumstance, not everyone is like you. Not everyone was so fortunate.