["Not anymore," he'd been about to say, the alcohol loosening his tongue, but he stopped himself awkwardly just in time. Listen, if you were technically stillborn, and were revived by shoving a goddess's heart into you, did you count as being 'alive' or a 'reanimated corpse' (the waters further muddied by the fact that Byleth had no heartbeat)? This was a question he pondered over sometimes, and set aside quickly because it made him uncomfortable to think about.]
...I'm not dead. Therefore, I'm out of your purview, correct?
no subject
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I'm not a corpse, though. Well-
["Not anymore," he'd been about to say, the alcohol loosening his tongue, but he stopped himself awkwardly just in time. Listen, if you were technically stillborn, and were revived by shoving a goddess's heart into you, did you count as being 'alive' or a 'reanimated corpse' (the waters further muddied by the fact that Byleth had no heartbeat)? This was a question he pondered over sometimes, and set aside quickly because it made him uncomfortable to think about.]
...I'm not dead. Therefore, I'm out of your purview, correct?