[This... is a deep question, and Robert has to carefully search himself for an answer.]

It... would be difficult, yes. Being a person, in that case, would be an important identification for me... perhaps. If I had had it that long, it would at least be an... enduring one.

... But in that case, if "monster" was both a more accurate and a more positive term... in the end, it w-would likely be one that I would take for myself.

Identities may be intrinsic, to a degree, but they are also... malleable.