Who's ready for contemplating the nature of morality at a party? 9S better be cause that's what's happening.

"Is that all that counts for alive? Speaking?"

It's a genuine question. This is something that Cole hasn't really thought over before, that pesky 'am I alive or not' conundrum. He's a spirit. He just existed. But was he alive? And did it matter if he was alive to begin with?

"Doesn't eat, doesn't drink, doesn't sleep. Alive things do those but I don't."