"I have, yes...
I had reincarnated from my previous death...when I was at my apex.
You should remember. The four heroes of yore had sealed me away long ago...forcing me to return in /this/ form."
"It's simple.
Our race can perish so easily - but /I/ can never die. So long as there is anger...hatred...despair...our race can be weakened, but extinction is far from possible.
And /sorely/ weakened, was I. You recall my original name...Void, correct?"
{[ok so
At the beginning of time itself, a massive singularity resulted in an entire, vast universe. An offshoot of the big bang existed as an innocent, albeit highly physically unstable proto-Kirby being, Popopo.
Cold, alone and lost for millennia, he was eventually found ->
-> feel the breeze of spring, eat many sweets, and perhaps no longer be alone.
All Popopo wanted, deep inside Void, was to not be alone - and he would earn that in his last moments.
That's why he died with a smile, after all. He was surrounded by people who cared about him. ->