"... Yeah." He sighs and rolls his shoulders. "And even when those confrontations happen, sometimes it's not clear who the hero is." Maybe he should have just gone along with Caspian, even if the guilt would have hurt him. He failed and died and the guilt is still hurting him.

'Everything is taken under in the end'... that actually gets a small smile out of him. "Death is what awaits everyone. I won't say it's not scary - I know that firsthand - but it's inevitable. Death is... natural. Decay, rot... we fear them, but the march of time is just how the world works. People die, things decay, knowledge is lost. There's a famous song..."

He starts humming (Don't Fear) the Reaper. His voice is a little shaky, but it's actually pretty decent for someone who's never really had training. "All our times have come... here, but now they're gone... seasons don't fear the Reaper - nor do the wind, the sun, or the rain." He cuts himself off there, embarrassed at his singing.