"I can't. That'th not the way it workth. I have to be out here." His hands worried at Signless's shoulders. He got fidgety when he was nervous. Death was cheated here, but it was still real, and there was always the chance he might not be brought back. He forced himself to meet his eyes. His voice quailed.

"Pleathe, Kankri. I'm going to die. Everyone'th going to die. Ok, I know I thay that all the time, but I'm theriouth, I can thtill hear the voitheth even now. And I couldn't tell you before, becauthe I knew you'd be a fucking nookmunch about it." He gripped his shoulders, suddenly too frustrated to plead properly. "Like now! For onthe in your goddamn timelineth, you're the only one who ithn't going to die, and you're being thtupid about it!"