Would they have a choice otherwise? It isn't possible to ask the dead what they want, so whether or not CERES is offering them a choice doesn't matter. They would not be able to answer definitively either way.

[His tea is once again set down, hands moving to rest in his lap.]

A minor inconvenience at most...then what could it be considered for those who have no where else to be and nothing better to do? You, Hinata and the others...from what I've heard, if this could be considered such a thing at most for you, then it is even less for the dead, correct?

[Don't mind that slightly strained quality to his voice that sort of seeps in the more he talks. You don't hear anything like that.]

You have important things to do. Everyone else, however. There's nothing for them to be stolen away from. And...

[What is he trying to say here...he's got an idea, but the words aren't cooperating.]

Nothing for them to return to. So a reprieve like this...it's pointless. But doesn't that pointlessness also make it harmless in the end?