[ The favorable reaction pleases him, it really does. ]

People have tried to get rid of me for a long, long time. And yet, like the cockroach and the Twinkie, I persist.

[ He doesn't always thrive, but he hangs on. Even in death he's managed to put himself back together. He hasn't ruled out the possibility that the land of the dead doesn't want him any more than the land of the living. Whatever it is, it works in his favor. ]

I don't have my magic, but patience'll work just as well, ya dig?