[He stays quiet, wincing harshly at the pointed jab but keeping still otherwise.]

That's a cruel way to think about yourself, isn't it? Just... expecting that you're going to keep dying. If you don't like it, then why wouldn't you try to stop it?

People showing some humanity to you... shouldn't be a game you have to play.

[And it feels strange, almost hurtful, to see someone speak of themselves like some sort of monster that deserves to be killed endlessly.]

I don't get it. It's like you've just... given up.