Robert, as it turns out, isn't undead. Early in the comic he lies about being a doll cursed into life with voodoo, created by a human. He's a monster, and his immortality comes from the fact that he killed "his human."
When every single human is born, a monster comes into being, one perfectly suited to their own fears, and when the human dies, so does their monster. But a monster can become immortal if they kill their own human.
Robert sincerely liked his human, a boy named Robert Eugene Otto. Gene considered Robert his closest friend, and Robert considered him a friend in return and liked spending time alone with him, and grew jealous when anyone else wanted to spend time with him, while also coveting the life he had. Over many years he ruined Gene's life and drove people away from him, until Gene, a fairly old man at that point, asked Robert to kill him.
Robert still thinks about Gene every day, despite it being over forty years since he killed him. He isn't sure if he regrets what he did or not. He's more aware now that any relationship a human and their monster try to have, even if they want it to work, will wind up very unhealthy in the end, and at this point has grown to think of immortality as more of a curse than a blessing.
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When every single human is born, a monster comes into being, one perfectly suited to their own fears, and when the human dies, so does their monster. But a monster can become immortal if they kill their own human.
Robert sincerely liked his human, a boy named Robert Eugene Otto. Gene considered Robert his closest friend, and Robert considered him a friend in return and liked spending time alone with him, and grew jealous when anyone else wanted to spend time with him, while also coveting the life he had. Over many years he ruined Gene's life and drove people away from him, until Gene, a fairly old man at that point, asked Robert to kill him.
Robert still thinks about Gene every day, despite it being over forty years since he killed him. He isn't sure if he regrets what he did or not. He's more aware now that any relationship a human and their monster try to have, even if they want it to work, will wind up very unhealthy in the end, and at this point has grown to think of immortality as more of a curse than a blessing.