Er, well, I've known people like it. [ Like 'dead', but it's a funny (read: awkward) conversation to have, even if he's the one who put them here Still, even if he has to fumble his way through it: ]

But I guess I never really asked... you know, you're alive here - you think you can go back? That there's a chance? Why would you just die again if you went back?

[ It's come up before, that belief; and maybe it's about not getting one's hopes up, he wants to believe there's a chance. Why can't there be? ]