There was something damning about the way immortality gave way to impermanence.

Blade knew that nothing ever lasted, except for the fact that he could not die. Survival was an inconvenience, a side-effect of being alive. Blade did not want to survive as long as he did, finding no reason nor charm in the idea of being alive forever. The Stellaron Hunters promised him Death.

So why, pray tell, did he find a reason to live instead?