"I knew a boxer. He'd get back up even if the odds were against him and it looked certain he was going to die." Hell, he got back up again after weird magic had removed an arm. "You reminded me of him in that way. I don't believe you'd give up if you had any breath left in you."

Something about this place, then? Rorschach wasn't the only one acting oddly, just the only one he'd interacted with so closely.