Oh, I have died, Aerith.

[He begins, though his words aren't laced with anger or anything close. It annoys him to have died to begin with, but at the same time it bothers him less and less. He both hates and doesn't care. It's a contraction as much as he is sometimes.]

But death cannot hold me and I will not join the planet no matter how hard it tries to claim me.

[Which it does try to break him apart and absorb him. He has found a way around that at least.]

And the only thing that's changed me is learning the truth behind all the lies created by humans. Zack's only connection to that is being human.