"What, 'cause I died? Not the only one here who has," he says, shaking his head. "It's not the most fun thing to think about though, no. It's not a given that we come back, even with the lanterns. But, like I said, it's safer now. Not completely safe, but better. Less chance some small mistake means leaving people behind."

Because really, that's what he fears the most at this point. Not dying, not any sort of danger to himself. He can picture how Law and Will both would take it if his lantern wound up too mangled to be restored, and it hurts more than anything else he can think of.