Edie tries to remember for a minute, then all at once she does—I asked him why suffering existed, and he told me he had chosen to suffer.

But that didn’t answer your question, Marie interrupts, but Edie keeps on.

And I asked him why he had chosen to suffer, and he said that all life required it, and he had chosen to be alive, therefore he had chosen this pain. And I asked him if everyone chose to be alive, and he said no, that some people and some animals are here against their wishes, but that eventually they either come around or get out.