<blockquote>The first time Jack died, he had enough time to look round confusedly, see the figure in black and go “Wha-” before he was gasping back to life.
The second time he got as far as “Who ar-”.
The third time he was rather more badly minced by the experience, and got out a whole “Look buddy, you'd better have a pretty good explanation for-”.
The next few times were along the same lines. </blockquote>
➤ or: Jack becomes friends with Death