Zouichi shrugged. "It depends on how you look at it. I think the good outweighs the bad."

In fact, even if they ended up being brief, the moments of contentment and friendship he'd experienced here meant more to him than any length of time he might spend fighting if he ever returned to Earth. It didn't matter how brief they might be or even if he'd ever see the people he'd met here again. They were more real to him than almost anything else.

"Anyway, if you hate being alive so much, why bother telling me not to die?"