So to answer this question, and the one above about Ben aging as a ghost, I think that you probably just project what you want to look like when you're dead.  Ben wouldn't want to look like a 14 year old kid while he's watching his siblings get older.  Likewise, Hargreaves probably thinks he's more human (or at least…

So ridiculous. Please tell me you don’t tell people you’re a journalist when someone asks what you do for a living. Because that would be a lie.