"Ziggy, I'm no child. I can take the pain. I shall ask her. Shortly."

So...

Anyway, he's walking. With Ziggy at his side.

"Macidus, another time he was in my head. He said... what did he say? I didn't understand a word, back then."

"He said. for a weapon, you look rather desperately lively, instead. Not broken enough yet. Even though you were made broken from the start. Did you somehow learn how to lie? Or pretend?"

"Am I desperate to live, Ziggy?"