I could not truly say.

[a slight shake of his head, eyes closing.]

...time and the burden of duty and memory have weighed upon me, before. There have been moments in which I contemplated simply letting go of my conscious self, and there are ways in which my end may be a mercy.

I would not pull myself away from it for good, in any case-- someday my soul must return. But 'tis possible I could exist a while longer.