"Wasn't long after." He sounds about as calm as he has the whole time, acknowledging his final messy mistakes. At least being dead was something he could an accept. A defeat he couldn't be expected to keep pushing himself through. A decent ending. All that's a bit more complicated now, of course. "I don't think I quite figured out how to find the right side, but, still, it, um, it was a bit better. That way." He catches himself fidgeting with the cape in his hands and quickly sets it down before he rips something. The ends of his sleeves look stretched and threadbare.