True enough.

[Philosophically, it's still so daunting. He's rather attached to his sense of self, despite all his crimes.]

Still, given the choice, I'd rather be "myself." I was given an "option" to start over in a world where all of mistakes no longer mattered.

I refused, of course, because the one making the offer was a sentimental fool who believed he had the right to dictate the entire world's happiness.