No, [ he says, immediately, to the part about being hit-able and the free hit — there's something steely in his tone, like he recognises the point and yet refuses to agree.

he pulls back, then, just to be able to look junpei in the eyes when he says, fully serious, ] No way that I'm ever gonna hurt you, yeah? Not even if the aliens get the best of you. [ i'd rather die again than do that hangs unspoken, there, because charles may not value his own existence too much when placed against that of others, sure, but he's at least learned that saying things like this usually ends with people lecturing at him.

which is why it's a relief when the topic shifts. ] Nah, not me. That's why I meant it, that it's — you know, fine if I'm here. Not that I wouldn't love to — [ be able to heal you, he thinks, and then swallows it back because he doesn't want to trigger the gnos even more than he already has, probably, just by his presence only. ]

Anyway. Guess they figured that being a ghost's good enough for me.