Original sentence: " Cetera's character response is of gratitude for the eye-opener: "Well, if you had my outlook, your feelings would be numb – you'd always think that everything was fine"
Edited sentence: " (Kath’s probing questions of Cetera’s character challenge him to think beyond the self-centered, superficial level of his unobservant, stoned existence.) Cetera's character response is of gratitude for the eye-opener: "Well, if you had my outlook, your feelings would be numb - you'd always think that everything was fine".But, it is not.Everything is not fine