I could be. How lucky for me.

[To be fair he isn't sure he could die, but there are worse things.]

And I am not offended, it simply isn't true. Calling me a servant may have been closer to fact until recently, but that is also now incorrect. [A pause, before he adds in rare clarification-]

My change of heart resulted in the ending of my servitude, though I suppose I would not have minded if it didn't.