"Oh come now; we don't know that just yet."

Take heart! The most realistic option in this scenario is also the most negative!

"Perhaps you have simply been freed; to a warm, sunny place, filled with flowers." They gesture to the bright patches of color across the forest floor; come now, Tim. Even you can appreciate such natural finery. "Given the gift of being capable of assessing your life from a warm, bright place- is that not a gift?"

Haha.