[ he's still pretty sure that was an insult about his attitude or appearance, which irrationally rankles him, despite the fact that he knows the first is bad and the latter isn't even his, but whatever, he'll let it go - the question she asked is a little more important. ]

I was dead. [ information he's willing to share, but which he's never thrilled about. ] I existed in the space between the world of the living and oblivion. I'm still dead now, although they've given me a convincing body.